by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)
O Wald, o Wald
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
O Wald, o Wald,
Wie ewig schön bist du!
Ist es dein Grün?
Ist es dein heimlich Dunkel?
Dein buntes Blühn?
Das irre Sonngefunkel?
Daß ich auf's neu stets freudetrunken
In deinen Zauber steh' versunken.
Wer mag es sagen?
Wer's je erfragen?
Nur singen muß ich immerzu:
O Wald, o Wald,
Wie ewig schön bist du!
O Wald, o Wald,
Wie ewig schön bist du!
Ist es dein Duft?
Ist's deiner Büsche Wallen?
Die kühle Luft,
Sind's deine hohen Hallen?
Daß es mich immer, immer wieder
Zu dir, Geliebter, zieht hernieder.
Wer mag es sagen,
Wer's je erfragen?
Nur singen muß ich immerzu:
O Wald, o Wald,
Wie ewig schön bist du!
O Wald, o Wald,
Wie ewig schön bist du!
Ist's dein Gesang?
Ist's deiner Tannen Sausen?
Dein Klagen bang?
Der alten Eichen Brausen?
Daß Heimweh gleich mich will erfassen,
Muß ich, o Trauter, dich verlassen.
Wer mag es sagen
Wer's je erfragen?
Nur singen mich ich immerzu:
O Wald, o Wald,
Wie ewig schön bist du!
O Wald, o Wald,
Wie ewig schön bist du!
Ist's Majestät?
Ist's heimisch trautes Wesen,
Was dich durchweht,
Dich macht so auserlesen?
Daß jauchzend dich des Sängers Lieder
Lobpreisen immer, immer wieder!
Wer mag es sagen,
Wer's je erfragen?
Nur singen muß ich immerzu:
O Wald, o Wald,
Wie ewig schön bist du!
K. Reinecke sets stanza 1
H. Schletterer sets stanzas 1, 3-4
About the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874, mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 75-76.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Waldlied", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 85 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "O Wald, wie ewig schön bist du", op. 176b (5 Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 2, published 1879 [ four-part men's chorus ], Breslau, Leuckart; note: this opus was used in 1861 for a different set so we have added the letter 'b' to it [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "O Wald, wie ewig schön bist du", op. 578 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1881 [ mixed chorus ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Appel (1812 - 1895), "O Wald, wie ewig schön bist du!", published [1912] [ men's chorus ], Frankfurt am Main: F. Baselt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Armster (b. 1841), "Waldlied", op. 23 (Drei Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 2, published 1870 [ satb quartet ], Hamburg: W. Jowien [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Barth (b. 1827) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Beschnitt (1825 - 1880), "O Wald, wie ewig schön", op. 32, Heft 2 no. 5, published 1892 [ ttbb chorus ], Berlin: C. Simon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Georg Bratsch (1817 - 1887) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Braun (b. 1808) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Braune (1810 - 1884) [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Adolf) Emil Büchner (1826 - 1908), "Waldlied", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Xaver Chwatal (1808 - 1879) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Aloys Theodor Commer (1813 - 1887), "Waldlied", op. 65 (Zwanzig Lieder für Fr. Oser, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein'sche Buchhandlung [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Emil Engel (b. 1835) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Fink (1831 - 1911) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Eduard Goltermann (1824 - 1898), "Waldlied", op. 85 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 4, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Peter Gotthard (1839 - 1919) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Grobe (1807 - 1877) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820 - 1901), op. 26 (Die Jahreszeiten) no. 5, published 1865 [ ttbb chorus ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Im Wald", op. 55 (6 Lieder aus Fr. Osers Naturliedern für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 2, published 1864 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ignaz Heim (1818 - 1880) [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Johann) Heinrich Hoffmeister (b. 1808) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ferdinand Konradin (1833 - 1884) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eberhard Kühn (b. 1813) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Liebe (1819 - 1900) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Markull (1816 - 1887), "Waldlied", op. 110 (Zehn Naturlieder von Friedrich Oser für vierstimmigen Männerchor), Heft 3 no. 5, published 1870 [ ttbb chorus ], Schleusingen: C. Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Merz (b. 1824) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Muck (b. 1823) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Jakob Nater (1826 - 1906) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Nohr (1800 - 1875) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andreas Johann Lorenz Oechsner (1815 - 1886) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugen Karl Petzold (1813 - 1889), "Waldlied", op. 27 (Sechs vierstimmige Lieder aus der Natur für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 6, published 1871 [ satb chorus ], Leipzig: Fr. Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Hugo Pierson (1816 - 1873) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Pütz , "O Wald wie ewig schön bist du", published 1927 [ men's chorus ], Trier: H. Kessler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Gottlieb Rabe (1815 - 1876) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Waldlied", op. 68 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1 (1860/2), stanza 1 [ four-part men's chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Rohde (1828 - 1883), "O Wald wie ewig schön bist du", published <<1901 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Santner (1819 - 1885) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Schäffer (1808 - 1874) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leonhard Schäffer (b. 1823) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Waldlied", op. 30 (Praktischer Unterricht im Chorgesange für Volksschulen, höhere Lehranstalten und Gesangvereine) no. 37, published 1867, stanzas 1,3-4, in Praktischer Unterricht im Chorgesange, in Schul-Lieder-Anhang, Nordsingen: C. H. Beck'schen Buchhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Heinrich August Siemers (1819 - 1876) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Maria Storch (1813 - 1887) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894), "Waldlied", op. 46 (Drei Gedichte von Friedrich Oser für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 3, published 1861 [ ttbb chorus ], Winterthur: J. Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Eduard Thiele (1812 - 1895), "Waldlied", op. 17 (Zwei Gesänge für Männerchor und Solo) no. 1, published 1877 [ solo voice and men's chorus a cappella ], Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878), op. 34 (Im Maien. Liedercyclus von Fr. Oser) no. 9 [ men's chorus and orchestra or piano ], Schleusingen: C. Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Tüffers , "Waldlied" [ men's chorus ], Leipzig: Gebrüder Hug und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ottobald Walther (b. 1835), "O Wald", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für S., A., T. und B.) no. 1, published 1877 [ chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) Oskar Wermann (1840 - 1906), "Waldlied", op. 32 (Sechs weltliche Gesänge für S., A., T. und B.), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1884 [ SATB chorus ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Waldlied", op. 187 (Drei Gesänge für eine Bassstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1901 [ bass voice and piano ], Frankfurt am Main: B. Firnberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Zierau (1856 - 1931), "Gruss an den Wald", op. 90, published [1924] [ men's chorus ], Frankfurt an der Oder: G. Bratfisch [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
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