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by Joseph Mendelssohn (1817 - 1856)

Zieh' hinüber, weiße Taube
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Zieh' hinüber]1, weiße Taube,
Flieg' zu meinem [Mädchen]2 hin,
Sage ihr, daß ich zum Raube,
Ach! dem [Gram, den]3 Sehnsucht bin!   
Eile, eile, eile,
Raste nie,
Grüße sie!  

Zieht hinüber, [Abendlüfte]4,
Kühlet ihrer Wangen Glut, 
Bringt zurück der Rose Düfte,
Die an ihrem Busen ruht. 
[Eilet, eilet, eilet,
Rastet nie,
Grüßet sie!]5

Zieh' hinüber, Mondesleuchten,
Küßen schließ' das Auge ihr.   
Sollten Thränen es befeuchten?  -- 
Mondstrahl, bringe Kunde mir! 
Eile, eile, eile,
Raste nie,
Grüße sie!

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Confirmed with Wilde Blumen. Dichtungen von Joseph Mendelssohn, Leipzig: Ph. Reclam jun., 1843, pages 23 - 24. Appears in Wanderbilder; and confirmed with Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, Literatur, Theater und Mode, erstes Quartal, Wien: Friedrich Witthauer. Issue no. 80, Dienstag, den 19. Mai 1840, page 635. In this edition, the poem begins "Hinüber, weiße Taube"

1 Methfessel and Wiener Zeitschrift version: "Hinüber"
2 Methfessel: "Liebchen"
3 Methfessel: "Schmerz, der"
4 Methfessel and Wiener Zeitschrift version: "Zephyrlüfte"
5 Methfessel and Wiener Zeitschrift version:
Eile, eile, eile,
Raste nie,
Grüße sie!

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Mendelssohn (1817 - 1856), "Grüße", appears in Wilde Blumen, in Wanderbilder [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Grüße", op. 40 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Stuttgart, Göpel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Böie (1822 - 1900), "Zieh hinüber weisse Taube", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
  • by August Lindner (1820 - 1878), "Grüße", op. 11 (Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], Nagel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Johann) Albert Gottlieb Methfessel (1785 - 1869), "Grüße" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with Das singende Deutschland, seibente Auflage, vierter Band, Leipzig: Philipp Reclam jun., 1854. no. 274, pages 122 - 125 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hermann Stöckert (1852 - 1933), "Grüsse", published 1874 [ SATB chorus ], from Vier Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass, no. 2, Berlin, Sulzbach [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2018-07-01
Line count: 21
Word count: 75

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