Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)
Geh, zartes Blatt, geh armes Brieflein...
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)
Geh, zartes Blatt, geh armes Brieflein hin! Geh, such' die Blume aller Lieblichkeiten! Geh, such' mir jene hohe Königin, Um deren Haupt sich Liebespalmen breiten.
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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 45.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 94, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Richard Barth (1850 - 1923), "Geh', zartes Blatt", op. 12 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann (Gustav) Goetz (1840 - 1876), "Geh, zartes Blatt, geh armes Brieflein hin!", op. 4 no. 2 (1866), published 1869 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Rispetti: Sechs Italienische Volksgesänge, no. 2, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Go forth, delicate page", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Va, délicate fleur", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-28
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