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by Gustav Kastropp (1844 - 1925)

O könnt' nur einmal mein müdes Haupt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
O könnt' [nur einmal]1 mein müdes Haupt
An deinen Busen [sich schmiegen]2,
Wenn Vöglein singen und dicht belaubt
Der Eichen Wipfel sich wiegen.

Dann [solltest]3 du mir ein süßes Wort
Zum [ewigen]4 Abschied sagen,
Ich küßte dich weinend und wanderte fort
Und wollte nie mehr klagen.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Weingartner 

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Confirmed with Gustav Kastropp, König Elf’s Lieder. Eine lyrische Rhapsodie, Zweite Auflage, Stuttgart: Verlag von Adolf Bonz & Comp., 1877, page 60

1 Weingartner: "ich einmal nur"
2 Weingartner: "schmiegen"
3 Weingartner: "sollst"
4 Weingartner: "ew'gen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Gustav Kastropp (1844 - 1925), no title, appears in König Elfs Lieder, in 3. Dritter Teil. Untreue, no. 60, first published 1875 [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 Rudolf Buck (1866 - 1952), "Zum Abschied", op. 9 ([Sieben] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Josef Anton Mayer , "O, könnt' nur einmal mein müdes Haupt", op. 2 (Zwei Lieder für Baryton (oder Mezzo-Sopran) mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 1, published 1880 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georg Schumann (1866 - 1952), "O könnt' nur einmal mein müdes Haupt", op. 16 (Lieder für Gesang und Klavier) no. 1, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, F. E. C. Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "O könnt' ich einmal nur", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Harold. Eine Folge von neun Gesängen aus Kastropp's lyrischer Rhapsodie "König Elf's Lieder" , no. 8, Mannheim, Heckel [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

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