Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte , opus 2

by Ernst Fritsche

1. Dein gedenk ich  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Sonne taucht in Meeresfluten,
Himmel [blitzt]1 in letzten Gluten,
Langsam will der Tag verscheiden,
Ferne Abendglocken läuten.
Dein gedenk' ich, Margaretha!

Haupt gelehnt [auf]2 Felsens Kante,
Fremder Mann [in fremdem]3 Lande.
Um den [Fuß]4 die Wellen schäumen,
Durch die Seele zieht ein Träumen.
Dein gedenk' ich, Margaretha!

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  • ENG English [singable] (Virginia Woods) , "Young Werner"
  • ENG English [singable] (Natalie Macfarren)

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Confirmed with Joseph Victor von Scheffels sämtliche Werke, ed. by Johannes Franke, Erster Band, Leipzig: Hesse & Becker Verlag, 1916.

Note: at least three editions of Der Trompeter von Säkkigen (1859, 1869, 1872) have "Fluß" in stanza 2, line 3, word 3; but the editions of 1874, 1883, and 1890 have "Fuß", as does the above edition. Henschel uses "Fluß" in his setting, but since the English translation in the score has "at my feet" in that line, it seems this is a typo and "Fuß" should be sung instead.

1 Bruch, Meyer-Helmund: "strahlt"
2 Bruch, Meyer-Helmund: "an"
3 Bruch, Henschel, Kienzl, Meyer-Helmund: "im fremden"
4 Bruch, Meyer-Helmund: "Fels"

2. Auguste

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn meine Seele einsam ist
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