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by Johann Samuel Patzke (1727 - 1787)

Mädchen sind
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mädchen sind 
Wie der Wind, 
Schenken oft im Scherze, 
Heute mir, 
Morgen dir, 
Flatterhaft ihr Herze.  

[Denke]1 nicht, 
Diese spricht: 
Liebchen, dir zu dienen 
Schmeichelei, 
Heuchelei 
Lacht aus ihren Mienen. 

Wo sie gehn,  
[Oder]2 stehn, 
Wenn sie dich auch küssen, 
Werden sie 
Dort und hie 
Was zu tadeln wissen.  

Schön und rund 
Lockt ihr Mund 
Zwar mit süssem Schalle; 
Schlau verdeckt 
Aber steckt 
Doch im Herzen Galle.  

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•   C. Loewe 

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Confirmed with Der Greis, vierter Band, neue verbesserte Ausgabe, a weekly periodical published by Johann Samuel Patzke, Frankfurt am Main: Hermannschen Buchhandlung, 1785, page 470. Appears in "das 193. Stück: Dialog für Kinder."

1 Loewe: "Traue"
2 Loewe: "Wo sie"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Samuel Patzke (1727 - 1787), no title, identified by Johann André as "v. W."  [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 Friedrich Ludwig Æmelius Kunzen (1761 - 1817), "Mädchen sind wie der Wind", published 1788 [ voice and piano or harpsichord ], from Weisen und lyrische Gesänge, no. 17, Flensburg und Leipzig: Korten'sche Buchhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Kurt Lissmann (1902 - 1983), "Mädchen sind wie dier Wind" [ chorus a cappella ], Köln: Editions Tonger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Mädchen sind wie der Wind", op. 9, Heft 6 no. 4 (1818) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Knud Lyne Rahbek (1760 - 1830) ; composed by Friedrich Ludwig Æmelius Kunzen.
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Research team for this page: John H. Campbell , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 68

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