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by Otto Friedrich Gruppe (1804 - 1876)

Im Walde rollt der Wagen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im Walde rollt der Wagen
Bei tiefer stiller Nacht;
Die Passagiere schlafen,
Der Postillion fährt sacht.

Bei'm Försterhaus im Walde
Was bläst der Postillion?
Die Passagiere erwachen
Und meinen, es wäre Station.

Er bläst so sanfte Lieder
Zum Fenster klar empor,
Es hallt der Wald sie wieder,
Und kommt der Mond hervor.

Ja scheine Mond in's Fenster
Des Liebchens hold herein:
Da zieht durch ihre Träume
Posthorn und Mondenschein.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Blumenthal •   F. Weingartner 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Otto Friedrich Gruppe (1804 - 1876), "Post im Walde" [author's text not yet checked 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 Jacques (Jacob) Blumenthal (1829 - 1908), "Die Post im Walde" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ludwig Bunger , "Die Post im Walde", op. 10 (Vier Lieder für Tenor mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1887 [ tenor and piano ], Pressburg, Heckenast [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ludwig Hartmann (1836 - 1910), "Der Postillon", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1875 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Dörffel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Piutti (1846 - 1902), "Post im Walde", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Elise Schmezer (1810 - 1856), "Der Postillon", op. 6 (Lieder, Romanzen und Balladen, Drittes Heft der Gesänge) no. 3, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Post im Walde", op. 19 no. 2 (1894), published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Hilaria. Sechs heitere Lieder, no. 2, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text checked 2 times]
  • by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Die Post im Walde", op. 102 ([Vier] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Gwendolen Gore) , "Moonlight music"


Research team for this page: Harry Joelson , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 75

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