[Schätzchen]1, Ade! Scheiden thut weh! Weil ich denn scheiden muß, So gib' mir einen Kuß. [Schätzchen]1, Scheiden thut weh!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Die deutschen Volkslieder,ed. by Karl Joseph Simrock, Frankfurt am Main: Heinrich Ludwig Brönner, 1851 song no. 155, page 260; and confirmed with Deutscher Liederhort, zweiter Band, edited by Ludwig Erk and Franz M. Böhme, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1893, song no. 770, page 574; and confirmed with Deutsche Volkslieder mit ihren Original-Weisen, ed. by Andreas Kretzschmer, Berlin: Vereins-Buchhandlung, 1838, song no. 296, pages 515-516.
Note: in some editions of Silcher, line 4 is "Gib mir den Schiedskuß."
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Abschied" [author's text checked 3 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 Alfred Dregert (1836 - 1893), "Liebchen, adé", op. 17 (Zwei Volkslieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1875 [ four-part men's chorus ], Trier, Hoenes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Liebchen, Ade! Scheiden thut weh!", op. 19 (Drei Lieder für vier Frauenstimmen) no. 1, published 1880 [ vocal quartet for female voices ], Kassel, Voigt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855 - 1913), "Liebchen ade! Scheiden thut weh", op. 16 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1893 [ high voice and piano ], Dietenhofen, Scharff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Waldemar , "Schätzchen ade! Scheiden thut weh", op. 70 no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Das Liedchen vom Scheiden. Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 2, Prag, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Abschied", op. 14 no. 12 (c1830), published 1831 [ four-part men's chorus ], from Zwölf Volkslieder für vier Männerstimmen, drittes Heft, no. 12, Tübingen, Laupp'sche Buchhandlung
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This text was added to the website: 2021-04-05
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