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Mit unsern Fischern war ein Kind gekommen Von Frauenwörth. Das hab' ich spielend auf mein Knie genommen Und frug betört: "Wer ist die lieblichste der frommen Frauen, Die du gewahrt?" Da schlug es auf den vollen Blick, den blauen: "Frau Irmingard!" - -
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Kinderstimmen", appears in Hochland-Lieder, in 10. Eliland: ein Sang vom Chiemsee, in 2. Reicher Fund, no. 6, first published 1879 [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 Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Kinderstimmen", op. 49 no. 6, published 1883 [ baritone and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee. Aus den Hochland-Liedern von Carl Stieler, no. 6, Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Kinderstimmen", op. 35 no. 6, published 1890 [ baritone and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Cyklus von 10 Gesängen aus Carl Stieler's "Eliland, ein Sang vom Chiemsee", no. 6, Leipzig, Rob. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Kinderstimmen", op. 9 no. 6, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee von K. Stieler. Zehn Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Kindscher (1800 - 1875), "Kinderstimmen", published 1883 [ high baritone and piano ], from Lieder des Mönches Eliland. Ein Cyklus in 10 Gesängen, no. 6, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "Kinderstimmen", op. 12 no. 7 (1911), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Eliland - Ein Sang com Chiemsee, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Kinderstimmen", op. 33 no. 6 (1891/92), published 1899 [ tenor and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee von K. Stieler, no. 6, Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) Oskar Wermann (1840 - 1906), "Kinderstimmen", op. 51 no. 6, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee von Karl Stieler. Zehn Gesänge, no. 6, Dresden, Näumann [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Veus d’infant", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Children's voices", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 42
With our fisherfolk a child came From the abbey of Frauenwörth. Playfully I took it upon my knee And, besotted, I asked: "Who is the loveliest of the pious women Whom you have seen?" Thereupon the child opened wide its eyes, the blue eyes: "Frau Irmingard!" - -
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Kinderstimmen", appears in Hochland-Lieder, in 10. Eliland: ein Sang vom Chiemsee, in 2. Reicher Fund, no. 6, first published 1879
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 47