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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 Märzen
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 auch im Märzen
die Veilchen stets aufs Neu',
doch einmal nur im Herzen
die erste Lieb' und Treu'.

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 253 [author's text not yet checked 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 [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-30
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