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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Schön ist das Fest des Lenzes
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Schön ist das Fest des Lenzes,
Doch währt es nur der Tage drei.
Hast du ein Lieb', [bekränz']1 es
Mit Rosen, eh' sie geh'n vorbei!

Hast du ein Glas, kredenz' es,
O Schenk, und singe mir dabei:
Schön ist das Fest des Lenzes,
Doch währt es nur der Tage drei.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   M. Hauptmann 

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1 Hauptmann: "so kränz' "

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 29 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Hermann Franke (1834 - 1919), "Schön ist das Fest des Lenzes", op. 6 (Sechs Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 5, published 1865 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Schön ist das Fest des Lenzes", op. 49 (12 Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1861 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Julius Kniese (1848 - 1905), "Schön ist das Fest des Lenzes", op. 6 (Acht Duette für 2 Frauenstimmen und Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1884 [ vocal duet for female voices with piano ], Breslau. Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Schön ist das Fest des Lenzes ", op. 22 (Zwölf vierstimmige Gesänge für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1841 [ SATB quartet and piano? ], Darmstadt, Pabst [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter (1808 - 1879), "Schön ist das Fest des Lenzes", op. 12 (Vier vierstimmige Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 1, published 1843 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Therese Schleich, née Köstlin (1847 - 1914), "Lenzesfeier" [ voice and piano ], unpublished; manuscript is at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Schön ist das Fest des Lenzes", op. 37 no. 7 (1841), published 1841 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte aus Friedrich Rückerts Liebesfrühling [nos. 2,4,11 by Clara Schumann; the rest by Robert Schumann], no. 7, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Schön ist das Fest des Lenzes", op. 101 no. 5 (1849), published 1852 [ soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone and piano ], from Minnespiel, no. 5, Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Schön ist das Fest des Lenzes ", op. 63 no. 1 [ vocal duet for soprano and baritone with piano ], from Fünf Duette aus Friedrich Rückert's "Liebesfrühling", für Sopran und Bariton mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Bella és la festa de primavera", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Mooi is het feest der lente", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Beautiful is the feast of spring", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Belle est la fête du printemps", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Ted Perry , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

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