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by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890)

Wie still, wie weit
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Wie still, wie weit 
Waldeinsamkeit;
Nur Rosenduft,
Nur weiche Luft  -- 
Wie still, wie weit,
Waldeinsamkeit! 

  Vom Stern beschaut,
Vom Mond bethaut,
Geküßt vom Wind
So zart und lind  -- 
Wie schön, wie weit
Waldeinsamkeit! 

  Hier ruh' ich aus
Vom Weltgebraus,
Hier schlaf' ich ein
Beim [Wildröslein]1  -- 
Wie still, wie weit
Waldeinsamkeit!

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Confirmed with Haideröslein. Ein Liederstrauß, Würzburg: Leo Wörl'sche Buch-, Kunst- und Verlagshandlung, 1870. Appears in Naturklänge, in Waldlieder, poem no. 5, pages 12 - 13.

Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, pages 20-21.

1 In the Waldblumen book: "Waldröslein"

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Haideröslein ; Ein Liederstrauß, in 1. Naturklänge, in Waldlieder, no. 5, appears in Waldblumen, in 1. Naturstimmen [3rd edition], in Waldlieder, no. 4, first published 1870 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 21 (Zehn Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 2, published 1877 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 61 no. 3, published 1886 [ sa chorus ], from Im Freien zu singen. 10 Chorduette für Sopran und Alt (9. Folge) ohne Begleitung. Zum Gebrauch in höheren Schulen und Gesangvereinen, no. 3, Leipzig: Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 53 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1886 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Regensburg, Coppenrath [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benedict Widmann (1820 - 1910), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 21 (Drei Terzette für Frauenstimmen a cappella) no. 2, published 1889 [ ssa chorus ], Frankfurt am Main: Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Forest solitude", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-05
Line count: 18
Word count: 52

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