by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Wie herrlich leuchtet
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wie herrlich leuchtet Mir die Natur! Wie glänzt die Sonne! Wie lacht die Flur! Es dringen [Blühten]1 Aus jedem Zweig Und tausend Stimmen Aus dem Gesträuch, Und Freud und Wonne Aus jeder Brust. O Erd', o Sonne! O Glück, o Lust! O [Lieb']2, o Liebe! So golden schön, Wie Morgenwolken Auf jenen Höhn! Du segnest herrlich Das frische Feld, Im Blütendampfe Die [volle]3 Welt. O [Mädchen, Mädchen]4, Wie lieb ich dich! Wie [blickt]5 dein Auge, Wie liebst du mich! So liebt die Lerche Gesang und Luft, Und Morgenblumen Den Himmelsduft. Wie ich dich liebe Mit [warmem]6 Blut, Die du mir Jugend Und [Freud]7 und Mut [Zu]8 neuen Liedern Und Tänzen gibst. Sey ewig glücklich, Wie du mich liebst!
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• B. Bartók • C. Gabler • F. Hensel • C. Lorenz • H. Pfitzner • E. SchneiderE. Schneider sets stanzas 1, 2, 3, 5
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's Gedichte, Erster Theil, Neue Auflage, Stuttgart und Tübingen: in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1829, pages 46-47.
See also this placeholder for songs with the title "Mailied" that might or might not refer to this poem.
1 Bartók: "die Blüthen"2 Lorenz: "Liebe"
3 Zilcher: "weite"
4 Zilcher: "Liebster, Liebster"
5 Lorenz: "glänzt"; Bartók, Mendelssohn-Hensel, Pfitzner: "blinkt"
6 Bartók: "warmen" (a grammatical error)
7 Bartók: "Freund" (an error)
8 Gabler: "in"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Maylied", written 1771 [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 Eugen (Francis Charles) d'Albert (1864 - 1932), "Mailied", op. 3 (Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945), no title, 1900, published 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 5, Published as a facsimile of the manuscript, Homosassa, Florida: Bartók Records, ed. Ference Bónis [sung text checked 2 times]
- by Catharina Baum (d. 1876), "Mailied", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder von Göthe [sic] für eine Singstimme mit Klavier) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Mailied", op. 52 (Acht Lieder) no. 4 (<<1792) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by J. Berger , "Mailied" [ voice and piano ], from 6 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. A. J. Campbell , "Mailied", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hatzfeld [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Mailied", 2008 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Mailied", op. 2 (Vier [later Fünf] Gedichte für Tenor (oder Sopran)) no. 2, published 1854 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775 - 1864), "Mailied", c1813/4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Dumack , "Mailied", op. 11 (Zwei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1885 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Schleusingen, Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Theodor Flodin (1858 - 1925), "Wie herrlich leuchtet", alternate title: "Mailied", 1893 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ida Henriette da Fonseca (1806 - 1858), "Mailied" [ chorus ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Freudenberg (1838 - 1928), "Mailied", op. 8 (8 Lieder und Gesänge) no. 8 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian August Gabler (1770 - 1839), "Mailied", published 1798 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Karl) Georg Göhler (1874 - 1954), "Mailied", 1915 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Sessenheimer Lieder (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Martin Gräbner (b. 1967), "Mailied", 2013 [ voice and piano ], from Solang Du lebest, ist es Tag - Ein Liederzyklus für BL, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Johan) Andreas Hallén (1846 - 1925), "Mailied", op. 13 no. 2 [ soprano and piano ], from Visor för en Sopranstämma med Pianoforte, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Mailied", 1824 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Konrad Heubner (1860 - 1905), "Mailied", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1883 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary (Carlisle) Howe (1882 - 1964), "Mailied" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Jacoby , "Mailied", op. 10 (2 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Kempff (1895 - 1991), "Mailied", 1947 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793 - 1832), "Mailied", op. 15 (Neun Lieder von Goethe) no. 6 (1827) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "Mailied", 1924-46 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder nach Gedichten von J. W. von Goethe, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Kniese (1848 - 1905), "Mailied", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Minna (or Nina) von (or van) Könneritz , "Mailied", op. 96 (Sechs zweistimmige Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Mailied", op. 40 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 2 (1833), published 1867 [ medium voice and piano ], Stuttgart: Theodor Stürmer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Maienlied", op. 85 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 6, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Mailied", op. 79 no. 4 (1836) [ vocal quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Adolf Lorenz, Dr. (1837 - 1923), "Mailied", op. 18 (Drei Chorlieder) no. 2 [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by August Ludwig (1865 - 1946), "Mailied", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Göthelieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. Band 1, no. 7, Lichterfelde, Ludwig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Lührss (1824 - 1882), "Mailied", op. 34 (Sechs Chorlieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 1, published 1862 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Kitzner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adela Maddison (c1862 - 1929), "Maifest", op. 15 no. 3, published 1902 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies sur des poésies de Goethe, no. 3, Paris, Éd. A. Quinzard & Cie., also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Mailied", op. 71 (5 Goethe-Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1878 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Goethe-Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Darmstadt, Thies [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Mailied", 1834-8 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus (1827 - 1896), "Mailied", op. 18 ([Neun] Lieder und Gesänge von Göthe), Heft 2 no. 7, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Mailied", 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Meyer , "Mailied", op. 16, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Thiemer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Gerhard Natorp (1854 - 1924), "Mailied", op. 4 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 4, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Marburg, Lorch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Mailied", op. 26 (5 Lieder) no. 5 (1916) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Mailied", published 1781 [ vocal quartet ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Reichel (1820 - 1896), "Mailied", op. 67 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Bern, Methfessel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Enjott Schneider (b. 1950), "Mailied (Die volle Welt)", 2020, stanzas 1,2,3,5 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Lieder der Natur, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Mailied", op. 19a no. 3 (1909) [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Mailied" [ voice and orchestra ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Mailied", op. 53 (Gedichte von Goethe: I) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Ulrich , "Mailied", op. 10 (Drei Lieder für Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1855 [ tenor and piano ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philip Wolfrum (1854 - 1919), "Mailied", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. 4. Heft der Lieder und Gesänge) no. 4, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Wurmb (1842 - 1907), "Mailied", op. 5 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Gigue: Mailied", op. 65 no. 6 [ soprano, violin, cello, and piano ], from Rokoko-Suite, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905 - 1963), "Mailied", 1944 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Otto Manninen (1872 - 1950) , "Kevätlaulu" ; composed by Erkki Gustaf Melartin.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Robert, vicomte d'Humières (1868 - 1915) ; composed by Adela Maddison.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Meilied", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "How marvellously does Nature shine for me!", copyright ©
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canzone di maggio", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (unknown or anonymous translator) , "Canción de mayo", written 2013
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