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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Erste Liebe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  O wenn in deinem Herzen
Die erste Lieb' erwacht,
So hold, wie früh im Merzen
Ein scheues Veilchen lacht:
  Ist süßer deine Wonne,
Ist süßer deine Qual?
Ach, nie mehr scheint die Sonne
Dir mit demselben Strahl!

  O halt im tiefsten Innern
Verwahrt dein holdes Glück,
Denn nur noch im Erinnern
Kehrt's wie im Traum zurück.
  Wohl blühen [auf]1 im Märzen
Die Veilchen stets aufs neu,
Doch ein Mal nur im Herzen
Die erste Lieb' und Treu!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   B. Randhartinger 

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Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 223-224.

1 Randhartinger: "auch"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Erste Liebe", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 253 [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 Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Erste Liebe", op. 78 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor a capella) no. 2, published 1875 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Stoll [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Erste Liebe" [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 79

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