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by Adolf Frey (1855 - 1920)

Ich weiß auf dieser weiten Welt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Ich weiß]1 auf dieser weiten Welt
kein süßre Lust und Freude,
als stürmend an den Feind zu gehn 
gradan auf grüner Heide.

Die Trommel rollt, die Trommel dröhnt,
die Stürmerschritte schallen,
und wer im Streit darniederstürzt,
ist schön und gut gefallen!

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Confirmed with Adolf Frey, Gedichte, Leipzig: H. Haessel Verlag, 1886. Appears in Lieder eines Freiharstbuben 1476, page 171.

1 Munzinger: "Uns blüht"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

  • by Adolf Frey (1855 - 1920), "Freude", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder eines Freiharstbuben 1476 [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 Karl Munzinger (1842 - 1911), "Zu Kampf und Sieg", published 1898 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Die Freiharstbuben. Ein Liederkreis, no. 3, Leipzig, Gebrüder Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Niggli (1875 - 1959), "Freude", op. 11 (Eine Trommel hör ich schlagen: 6 Lieder aus alter Kriegszeit) no. 3, published 1917? [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Harry Joelson , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2007-08-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

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