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by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Triftiger Grund
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Dirnlein kommt vom Maientanz, Hat sich müde gesprungen. Fragt die Mutter, "Wo ist dein Kranz, Den ich in's Haar dir geschlungen?" "Als ich schritt durch die Felder hin, Kam der Wind gefahren, Riss mir Myrthe und Rosmarin Ungestüm aus den Haaren." Macht die Mutter ein ernst Gesicht, Legt die Stirne in Falten, "Mädel, hast du zwei Hände nicht Fest dein Kränzel zu halten?" "Musste mit beiden Händen just Meinen Friedel umfassen, Als wir uns küssten nach Herzenslust. -- Konnt' ich ihn fahren lassen?"
Confirmed with Rudolf Baumbach, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, vierte Auflage, Leipzig: Verlag von A. G. Liebeskind, 1882, pages 124-125.
Text Authorship:
- by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905), "Triftiger Grund", appears in Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, first published 1885 [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 Gustav Baldamus (1862 - 1933), "Triftiger Grund", op. 19 no. 2, published 1891 [ ttbb chorus ], from Fahrende Gesellen. Fünf Lieder von Baumbach für Männerchor, no. 2, Berlin: Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Triftiger Grund ", op. 37 (Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Bodenstein , "Triftiger Grund", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Junne [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Erlanger (1842 - 1908), "Triftiger Grund", op. 40 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "Triftiger Grund", op. 39 no. 4, copyright © 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Gesänge, no. 4, Boston, Schmidt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alban Förster (1849 - 1916), "Triftiger Grund", op. 103 (Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung [first published in 1888 as "Vier Lieder..."]) no. 4, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Halle, Richter & Hopf [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Gehrmann , "Triftiger Grund", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Hollstein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Gunkel (1866 - 1901), "Triftiger Grund", op. 23 ([Vier] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Triftiger Grund", op. 37 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Halle, Richter & Hopf. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Triftiger Grund", op. 34 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Dinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Rabl (1873 - 1940), "Triftiger Grund ", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Sauer , "Triftiger Grund", op. 17 no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Schelmenlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Elberfeld, Küpper [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Schön (1855 - 1925), "Triftiger Grund", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from [Sieben] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Wien, Rättig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Tofft (1865 - 1931), "Triftiger Grund", op. 9 no. 4, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Erotische Blätter. 5 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Zöllner (1854 - 1941), "Triftiger Grund", op. 22b (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1885 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Frederick W. Bancroft)
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "A compelling reason", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 82
A compelling reason
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The maiden comes home from the May dance, She has fatigued herself with leaping about. Her mother asks, "Where is the wreath That I wound into your hair for you?" "As I was walking through the fields The wind came along; Roughly it tore the myrtles And the rosemary from my hair." Her mother makes a serious face, Furrowing her brow: "Girl, don't you have two hands With which to keep a hold of your wreath?" "Just then I needed both my hands In order to embrace my Friedel As we were kissing each other to our hearts' content. -- Could I have let go of him?"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905), "Triftiger Grund", appears in Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, first published 1885
This text was added to the website: 2020-06-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 106