Das macht das dunkelgrüne Laub, Daß der Wald so schattig ist, Das macht die [liebe]1 Maienzeit, Daß so rot das Röslein ist. [Mein's]2 Schatzes Lieb war das Röslein rot, Das blüht am Waldesrain, Und das grüne Laub, und das grüne Laub, [Als wie]3 die Gedanken mein. [Nun]4 ging die [schöne]5 Maienzeit, Und die schöne Liebe zur Ruh', Nun fallen die [Läublein]6 all' herab Und decken das Röslein zu.
Note: the Meyer-Helmund setting is misattributed to Redwitz in the score.
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Otto Roquette, Stuttgart und Tübingen, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1852, pages 169.
1 Meyer-Helmund: "schöne"
2 Abt, Franz, Meyer-Helmund: "Meines"
3 Abt: "All wie"; Franz, Meyer-Helmund: "Wie all' "
4 Meyer-Helmund: "Nur"
5 Franz, Meyer-Helmund: "liebe"
6 Franz, Meyer-Helmund: "Blättlein"
Text Authorship:
- sometimes misattributed to Oscar von Redwitz-Schmölz (1823 - 1891)
- by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), "Das macht das dunkelgrüne Laub", appears in Liederbuch, first published 1852 [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Das macht das dunkelgrüne Laub", op. 473 no. 1 [ duet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Das macht das dunkelgrüne Laub", op. 46 no. 7, published 1855 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder-Album. 8 Lieder von O. Roquette , no. 7, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Das macht das dunkelgrüne Laub", op. 20 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 5, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Herbeck (1831 - 1877), "Das macht das dunkelgrüne Laub" [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Das macht das dunkelgrüne Laub", op. 49 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text checked 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Robert Fuchs, F. Hernandez, Friedrich Gustav Jansen, Carl Piutti, Louis Samson, Gustav Schmidt, Gustav E. Schreck.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The dark green foliage is the cause", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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