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by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887)

Auf schwanken Zweigen lauschen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Auf schwanken1 Zweigen lauschen
  Die Vöglein mannigfalt,
Und leise Träume rauschen
  Schlaftrunken durch den Wald.

Die Nachtigall alleine
  Mit süßen Melodein
Ist wach in diesem Haine,
  Dazu das Herze mein.

[Darinne]2 klingen und singen
  Viel süße Grüße, Lieb,
Könnt' ich sie selber bringen,
  Wär's mir noch eins so lieb.

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•   O. Dresel 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Wilhelm Osterwald, Dritte umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig, Verlag von F. G. C. Leuckart (Constantin Sander), 1873, page 114, titled "Auf schwanken Zweigen lauschen".

1 [sic] The word "schwankenden" would be grammatically correct (but this might be a misprint for "schlanken"). (Noticed by Bertram Kottmann).
2 Dresel: "Darinnen"

Text Authorship:

  • by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887), "Wunsch", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Lieder, no. 104, first published 1848 [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 Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Wunsch", 1848 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Auf schwanken Zweigen lauschen", op. 31 ( Fünf Lieder) no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Richard , "Auf schwanken Zweigen lauschen die Vöglein", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Stimme und Pianoforte, no. 11, Leipzig, Salzer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Wunsch", op. 40 (Vier Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1856 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 49

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