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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Husaren müssen reiten
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Husaren müssen reiten
Überall durch Stadt und Land. 
Trara!
Husaren müssen streiten
Mit dem Pallasch in der Hand. 
Trara!
Wie könnten wir verzagen
[Ohne Geld und ohne Brot]1. 
Trara!
Husaren müssen jagen
Frohen [Mutes]2 in den Tod. 
Tralala!

Trompeten und Posaunen
[Schmettern uns so süß]3 und fein. 
Trara!
Haubitzen und Kartaunen
Brummen lustig zwischendrein. 
Trara!
Wie könnten wir verderben
Treu bei unsrem Feldgeschrei. 
Trara!
Nur siegen oder sterben,
[Kamerad, es]4 bleibt dabei. 
[Trallerah vivallallerah tra rah]5

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Fischer •   R. Strauss 

C. Fischer sets stanza 1 (lines 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11), 2 (lines 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11)

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1 Fischer: "Liebe schützet uns vor Not"; Strauss: "Ohne Wein und ohne Brot"
2 Strauss: "Mut's"
3 Fischer: "Tönen dann so süß"; Strauss: "Schmettern uns so hell"
4 Fischer: "Kameraden,"; Strauss: "Kamerad's"
5 Strauss: "Tralala!"

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Husarenlied" [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 Luise von Drieberg (1801 - 1843), "Der Husar", op. 4 no. 6, published 1842 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Gruss an die Ostsee. Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Berlin: Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Husaren müssen reiten", op. 57 no. 2, published 1858 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from 3 Lieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, für vierstimmigen Männerchor, no. 2, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Ludwig Fischer (1816 - 1877), "Husarenlied", op. 1, stanza 1 (lines 1-2,4-5,7-8,10-11), 2 (lines 1-2,4-5,7-8,10-11) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Husarenlied", WoO 14 (1876) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 82

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