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Wohl über die Schlucht wie grüßen still Die blühenden Matten herüber; Das letzte Sternlein verglimmen will, Und blitzt im Scheiden noch drüber. Und nah und ferne mit hellem Ton Erwachen die ersten Glocken schon. Wohl über die Schlucht die Düfte wehn Erquickend in's Herz mir hernieder; Und wie ein Psalm durch die Lüfte gehn Der Vögel jubelnde Lieder. Auch mir erwachen sie leis und traut, Und klingen sie weiter froh und laut. Wohl über die Schlucht kommt Frieden her, Und Frieden auch wehet von dannen; Und horch! schon rauschen sie mehr und mehr Die alten Buchen und Tannen, Als fragten drunten sie allzumal: Wann endet auch unsrer Sehnsucht Qual?
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 52.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "In der Morgenfrühe", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 58 [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 (Carl or Caspar) Joseph Brambach (1833 - 1902), "In der Morgenfrühe", op. 27 (Sechs zweistimmige Lieder für Sopran und Mezzo-Sopran (Alt) oder Tenor und Baritone mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1873 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto or tenor and baritone with piano ], Mainz: Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Müller (1830 - 1905) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Jakob Nater (1826 - 1906), "In der Morgenfrühe", published 1872 [ ttbb chorus ], from Zwölf Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor, no. 6, Zürich und St. Gallen: Eigenthum und Verlag von P.J. Fries [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eugen Karl Petzold (1813 - 1889) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878), "In der Morgenfrühe", published 1882 [ satb chorus ], Regensburg: Coppenrath (in: Neue Regensburger Sängerhalle) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In the early morning", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2025-02-18
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Word count: 111
Far over the gorge, how quietly The blooming meadows send greetings; The last little star wishes to go out, And, in parting it, still sparkles over to me. And near and far, with a bright sound, The first bells are already waking. Far over the gorge, the scents waft Refreshingly down into my heart; And, like a psalm, the rejoicing songs Of the birds pass through the breezes. For me, too, they waken quietly and familiarly, And they ring on happily and loudly. Far over the gorge, from there comes peace, And peace also wafts away; And hark! already the old beeches and firs Are soughing more and more As if down there all of them were asking: When, too, does our agony of yearning end?
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "In der Morgenfrühe", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 58
This text was added to the website: 2025-02-19
Line count: 18
Word count: 129