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by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)

Frei
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Frei bin ich, frei! 
Mein Bächlein nun rausche 
Umglitzert vom Licht, 
O sieh nur, ich lausche 
Und neide dich nicht; 
Es mischt deinem Rauschen 
Mein Jubel sich bei: 
Frei bin ich, frei!  

Frei bin ich, frei! 
Mein Vöglein nun singe 
In Blüthen und Duft; 
Und rege die Schwinge 
Durchsegelnd die Luft, 
Es mischt deinem Singen 
Mein Liedchen sich bei: 
Frei bin ich, frei!  

Frei bin ich, frei! 
Vorüber das Sorgen, 
Das Grämen und Müh'n. 
O sonniger Morgen! 
O wonniges Grün! 
Hinaus in die Ferne, 
Es lockt mich der Mai. 
Frei bin ich, frei!  

Note: the text above came from a concert program in Haupt-Prüfung am Conservatorium der Musik zu Leipzig, 16. Mai 1872, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, but the name of the composer was illegible.


Text Authorship:

  • by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896) [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Frei", op. 389 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 5, published 1871 [ mixed chorus ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2021-09-27
Line count: 24
Word count: 93

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