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English translations of 2 Duette für hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte, opus 4

by Gustav Kulenkampff (1849 - 1921)

1. Zwiegesang  [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Kulenkampff (1849 - 1921), "Zwiegesang", op. 4 (2 Duette für hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1885 [ vocal duet for 2 high voices with piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein saß
In der stillen, schönen Maiennacht,
Darunter ein Mägdlein im hohen Gras
In der stillen, schönen Maiennacht.
Sang Mägdlein, hielt das Vöglein Ruh',
Sang Vöglein, hört' das Mägdlein zu,
  Und weithin klang 
  Der Zwiegesang
Das mondbeglänzte Thal entlang.

  Was sang das Vöglein im Gezweig
Durch die stille, schöne Maiennacht?
Was sang doch wohl das Mägdlein [gleich]1
Durch die stille, schöne Maiennacht?
Von Frühlingssonne das Vögelein,
Von Liebeswonne das Mägdelein.
  Wie der Gesang 
  Zum Herzen [drang]2,
[Vergess']3 ich nimmer mein [Lebelang]4!

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Zwiegesang", appears in Lieder eines Malers mit Randzeichnungen seiner Freunde, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1837

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Confirmed with Robert Reinick, Lieder eines Malers mit Randzeichnungen seiner Freunde, neu herausgegeben von Adolf Bothe, München: Verlag Rösl u. Cie., 1919, page 4. First published in Deutscher Musenalmanach auf das Jahr 1837, p. 217.

1 omitted by Mangold
2 Berger, Mangold: "klang"
3 Dresel: "Vergeß'"
4 Berger, Mangold: "Leben lang"

by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
1. Duet
Language: English 
In the lilac bush a little bird sat
In the quiet, lovely May night;
Below, a maiden [sat] in the high grass
In the quiet, lovely May night.
When the maiden sang, the little bird was quiet,
When the little bird sang, the maiden listened,
  And over a long distance rang out
  Their duet
Alongside the moon-bright valley.
 
What was the little bird singing in the branches
Through the quiet, lovely May night?
For that matter, what was the maiden singing
Through the quiet, lovely May night?
Of the spring's sun [sang] the little bird,
Of the splendor of love [sang] the maiden.
   How that song
   Exhilarated my heart,
I will never forget for the rest of my life.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Zwiegesang", appears in Lieder eines Malers mit Randzeichnungen seiner Freunde, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1837
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Translations of titles
"Zwiegesang" = "Duet"



This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 119

Translation © by Emily Ezust
2. Wenn der Frühling auf die Berge steigt  [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Kulenkampff (1849 - 1921), "Wenn der Frühling auf die Berge steigt", op. 4 (2 Duette für hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ vocal duet for 2 high voices with piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn der Frühling auf die Berge steigt
 Und im Sonnenstrahl der Schnee zerfließt,
Wenn das erste Grün am Baum sich zeigt,
 Und im Gras das erste Blümlein sprießt --
   Wenn vorbei im Thal
   Nun mit einem Mal
 Alle [Regenzeit]1 und Winterqual,
   Schallt es von den Höh'n
   Bis zum Thale weit:
   O, wie wunderschön
   Ist die Frühlingszeit!

Wenn am Gletscher heiß die Sonne leckt,
 [Wenn]2 die Quelle von den Bergen springt,
Alles rings mit [jungem]3 Grün sich deckt
 Und das [Lustgetön]4 der Wälder klingt--
   [Lüfte]5 lind und lau
   Würzt die grüne Au,
 Und der Himmel lacht so rein und blau,
   Schallt es von den Höh'n
   Bis zum Thale weit:
   O, wie wunderschön
   Ist die Frühlingszeit!

War's nicht auch zur jungen Frühlingszeit,
 Als Dein Herz sich meinem Herz erschloß?
Als [von]6 Dir, du wundersüße Maid,
 [Ich den]7 ersten langen Kuß genoß!
   Durch den Hain [entlang]8,
   Heller Lustgesang,
 Und die Quelle von den Bergen sprang--
   [Scholl]9 es von den Höh'n
   Bis zum Thale weit:
   O, wie wunderschön
   Ist die Frühlingszeit!

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Zuléikha, no. 12

Based on:

  • a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
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Note: in Zöllner's setting, in stanza 1, line 11, when "Ist" is repeated, it becomes "Ist doch"

1 Mandyczewski: "Regenszeit"
2 Frank: "Und"
3 Frank: "frischem"
4 Mandyczewski: "Luftgetön" (typo in the score?)
5 Frank: "Düfte"
6 Zöllner: "ich von"
7 Zöllner: "Den"
8 Frank, Zöllner: "erklang"
9 Frank, Zöllner: "Schallt"

by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)
2.
Language: English 
When spring climbs up on the mountains
 And the snow melts in the sunbeams,
When the first green shows itself on the trees,
 And in the grass the first little flower springs up,
   When in the valley
   Suddenly now
 All rainy time and winter misery is over,
   Then it rings out from the heights
   Down to the wide valley:
   Oh how wondrously beautiful
   Is springtime!

When the sun's heat melts the glaciers,
 When the water spring leaps from the mountains,
[When] everything around adorns itself with green
 And the [joyful]1 sounds of the forest ring out,
   [When] mild and warm breezes
   Become filled with the scents of the green meadow,
 And the heavens smile so pure and blue,
   Then it rings out from the heights
   Down to the wide valley:
   Oh how wondrously beautiful
   Is springtime!

And was it not also during early springtime
 That your heart revealed itself to my heart?
When, you wondrously sweet maiden,
 I revelled in the first long kiss from you?
   Throughout the grove
   Bright, joyful singing,
 And the water spring leapt from the mountains --
   Then it rang out from the heights
   Down to the wide valley:
   Oh how wondrously beautiful
   Is springtime!

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Zuléikha, no. 12
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Based on:

  • a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
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Translated titles:
"O, wie wunderschön ist die Frühlingszeit" = "Oh how wondrously beautiful is springtime"
"Die Frühlingszeit" and "Frühlingszeit" = "Springtime"
"Wenn der Frühling auf die Berge steigt = "When spring climbs up upon the mountains"
"Frühlingslied" = "Song of Spring"
"Frühling" = "Spring"
"O wie wunderschön" = "Oh how wondrously beautiful"
"O wie wunderschön ist die Frühlingszeit" = "Oh how wondrously beautiful is springtime"
"O wunderschöne Frühlingszeit" = "Oh beautiful springtime"
"Wunderschöne Frühlingszeit" = "Wondrously beautiful springtime"

1 Mandyczewski: "airy" (but possibly a typo in the score)


This text was added to the website: 2013-07-31
Line count: 33
Word count: 199

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
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