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Wenn sich ein junger Knabe muß Von seinem Mädchen scheiden, Wie bringt doch jeder letzte Kuß Statt Lust nur neues Leiden! Und wenn erst gar die Stunde schlägt, Und er sich losgerissen, Das arme Herz es kaum erträgt, Das Auge will zerfließen. [Nun]1 geht er seiner Straße nach, Die Brust will ihm zerspringen; Was kümmert ihn der Frühlingstag, Und ob die Vögel singen! Bis um ihn her [sich]2 weit und breit [Die stille Nacht geschwungen]3, Da hat er denn sein Herzeleid In Liedern ausgesungen.
H. Bussmeyer sets stanzas 1, 3-4
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Lieder von R. Reinick, Maler, Berlin: Verlag von Carl Reimarus, Gropius'sche Buch- und Kunsthandlung, 1844, page 58.
1 Bussmeyer: "Da"2 Bussmeyer: "ist"
3 Bussmeyer: "Der laute Tag verklungen"
Authorship:
- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Scheiden", appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, in Wanderers Nachtlieder, no. 1, first published 1844 [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 Kaspar Jakob Bischoff (1823 - 1893), as Caspar Jacob Bischoff, "Abschied", op. 72, Heft 2 no. 4, published 1892 [ satb quartet ], Berlin: Hoffheinz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Wenn sich ein junger Knabe", op. 47 no. 1, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderers Nachtlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Eduard Goltermann (1824 - 1898), "Scheiden", op. 44 (Zweistimmige Gesänge für Frauen- und Männerstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1864 [ two-part mixed chorus a cappella ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Hartmann (1836 - 1910), "Abschied", op. 21 no. 1, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Wanderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willy Herrmann (1868 - ?), "Abschied", op. 13 (Vier Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1906-1913 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Wenn sich ein junger Knabe", op. 43 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Munzinger (1831 - 1899), "Scheiden" [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877), "Wenn sich ein junger Knabe", op. 6 (Dreizehn Gesänge), Heft 2 no. 8, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Spangenberg (1861 - ?), "Wenn sich ein junger Knabe", op. 1 no. 1, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderers Nachtlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Kiesler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Wenn sich ein junger Knabe ", op. 8 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 5, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Zeitler , "Scheiden", published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Leipzig, Eulenburg [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Hans Bussmeyer , "Wanderers Nachtlieder", op. 2 (Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], München, Schmid
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2011-07-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 85
When a young lad must Part from his maiden, How every last kiss, instead of joy, Brings only new suffering! And when then the hour finally tolls, And he has torn himself away, His poor heart can hardly bear it, His eyes dissolve in tears. Now he walks his prescribed road, His breast wishes to burst asunder; What does he care about the spring day And whether the birds are singing! Until all around him far and wide The quiet night has descended, Then he sang his heart's pain Out in songs.
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Translations of title(s):
"Abschied" = "Taking leave"
"Scheiden" = "Parting"
"Wanderers Nachtlieder" = "Night songs of a wanderer"
"Wenn sich ein junger Knabe" = "When a young lad"
Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Scheiden", appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, in Wanderers Nachtlieder, no. 1, first published 1844
This text was added to the website: 2021-04-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 93