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by Johann Conrad Nänny (1783 - 1847)

Wär' ich ein Vögelein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wär' ich ein Vögelein,
Grüßt ich im Morgenschein,
Liebchen, dich schon!
Schwebend dir auf der Hand,
Säng' ich zu dir gewandt
Lieblichen Ton! 

Wär' ich ein Röschen klein,
Möcht' ich recht duftend sein,
[Athmen um dich! 
Nimmer mich wehren wollt',
Dörnchen nicht stechen sollt']1,
Pflücktest du mich.

Wär' ich ein Brünnlein klar,
Böt' ich dir Kühlung dar,
Frischen Genuß!
Nahte dein Mund sich mir,
Quöll' ich [zur Lippe]2 dir,
Weich wie ein Kuß.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Mendel 

J. Mendel sets stanzas 1, 3, 2

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Confirmed with Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1818, herausgegeben von Dr. St. Schütze, Frankfurt am Mayn, bei den Gebrüdern Wilmans,

1 Mendel: "Duften für dich!/ Nimmer des Dornes Wehr/ Braucht' ich, kämst du daher"
2 Mendel: "zu Liebe" (typo?)

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Conrad Nänny (1783 - 1847), "Liebesliedchen" [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 Daniel Friedrich Rudolph Kuhlau (1786 - 1832), "Liebesliedchen", op. 23 (12 Deutsche Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 12, published [c1822] [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, bei August Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Jakob Mendel (1809 - 1881), "Der Liebe Sehnsucht", op. 15 (Lieder) no. 1, stanzas 1,3,2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns.

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2022-08-20
Line count: 18
Word count: 76

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