by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation Singable translation possibly by Maurice Kufferath (1852 - 1919), as Maurice Reymont and possibly by Gustave Lagye (1843 - 1908)
Zwischen Weizen und Korn
Language: German (Deutsch)
Zwischen Weizen und Korn, Zwischen Hecken und Dorn, Zwischen Bäumen und Gras, Wo gehts Liebchen? Sag mir das. Fand mein Holdchen Nicht daheim; Muß das Goldchen Draußen sein. Grünt und blühet Schön der Mai; Liebchen ziehet Froh und frei. An dem Felsen beim Fluß, Wo sie reichte den Kuß, Jenen ersten im Gras, Seh' ich etwas! Ist sie das? --
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View text with all available footnotesNote: The modernized spelling of "Weizen" is "Waizen". See also this placeholder for songs with the title "Mailied" that might or might not refer to this poem.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mailied", written 1812? [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 Oskar Bolck (1837 - 1888), "Zwischen Waizen und Korn", op. 45 (Sechs Lieder für hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Die Kleine", op. 34 no. 4, published 1884 [ vocal duet for alto and medium voice with piano ], from Gestalten und Erinnerungen, no. 4, Berlin, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by F. Christoph , "Mailied", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1895 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Dörr , "Mailied", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. Draude , "Mailied" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan van den Eeden (1842 - 1917), "Mailied", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Wien, Bösendorfer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Elkamp (1812 - 1868), "Zwischen Waizen und Korn ", op. 5 (12 Lieder), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Mailied", op. 1 (Zehn Lieder) no. 2, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gotthard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Franke (1862 - 1932), "Mailied", op. 5 (Fünfzehn Lieder und Gesänge), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1891 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Mailied", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1859 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Fritze (1842 - 1881), "Mailied", op. 19 (Lieder und Gesänge (5. Folge) für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hientzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915), "Mailied", op. 37 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Mailied", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 3 (c1840) [ SATB chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Mailied", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Heinze [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Ludwig) Bernhard Hopffer (1840 - 1877), "Mailied", op. 9 (Zwölf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published [1871] [ voice and piano ], Berlin : Mitschler & Röstell - Collection Litolff ; No. 2015 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustave Léon Huberti (1843 - 1910), "Mailied" [ high voice and piano ], from Huit mélodies, no. 4, Bruxelles: Schott Frères, also set in French (Français), also set in Dutch (Nederlands) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Mailied", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Jugend-Lieder, no. 3, Wien : Albert J. Gutmann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Mailied", op. 71 (5 Goethe-Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1878 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Goethe-Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Darmstadt, Thies [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Mailied", published 1837 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Mailied", op. 6 no. 2 (1904), from Neun Lieder von W. Goethe, no. 2, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Moltke (1783 - 1831), "Mailied", published [1814] [ voice and piano or guitar ], from Drey Lieder von Göthe mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Mailied", op. 48 (Deutsche Lieder von W. v. Göthe für eine Sopran- oder Tenorstimme ) no. 5, published [1827?] [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin: Bei Fr. Laue [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Rommel , "Mailied", op. 16 (Zwei Lieder im Volkston für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Schlenker (1876 - 1950), "Mailied", published 1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emmy Schlieffen , "Mailied", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Mailied", 1899 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Mailied", op. 13 no. 3 (1876) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Ferdinand Würst (1824 - 1881), "Mailied", op. 72 (Drei Gesänge für 1 Mittelstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 2, published 1877 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Wo gehts Liebchen?", 1810 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Mailied", op. 2 (Dreizehn Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier), Heft 1 no. 5 (1894-6) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Emmanuel Hiel (1834 - 1899) ; composed by Gustave Léon Huberti.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation possibly by Maurice Kufferath (1852 - 1919) and possibly by Gustave Lagye (1843 - 1908); composed by Eva Dell'Acqua, Gustave Léon Huberti, Emil Nikolaus von Rezniček.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title ; composed by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de mai", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 61
Chanson de Mai
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Par vallons et guérets, par les bois et les prés, loin de mes yeux jaloux, où va ma belle ? Le savez-vous ? A sa porte, mais en vain, j'ai frappé de grand matin. Tout s'éveille au doux printemps, et mignonne court les champs. Là où le flot vient se briser, où j'obtins un doux baiser, le premier, ô tendre émoi. N'est-ce pas toi ! Que je voi ?
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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
Note: the Huberti score gives Lagye as the translator of this text, and the Rezniček score gives Maurice Reymont as the translator. When we find a primary source for this text, we will update the authorship. The text shown above is the Huberti score's version, with footnotes to show where it differs from Rezniček's.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation possibly by Maurice Kufferath (1852 - 1919), as Maurice Reymont
- Singable translation possibly by Gustave Lagye (1843 - 1908)
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mailied", written 1812?
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Eva Dell'Acqua (1856 - 1930), "Chanson de mai", 1878 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustave Léon Huberti (1843 - 1910), "Chanson de Mai" [ high voice and piano ], from Huit mélodies, no. 4, Bruxelles: Schott Frères, also set in German (Deutsch), also set in Dutch (Nederlands) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emil Nikolaus von Rezniček (1860 - 1945), "Chanson de mai", published [1897] [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies, no. 3, Bruxelles, Éd. Schott Frère [sung text checked 1 time]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-12
Line count: 18
Word count: 66