Old Air | Every time of year

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Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Jede Jahreszeit

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Jede Jahreszeit
Hat ihr Freud' und Leid;
Mai ist schön, doch hat er falschen Sinn.
Darum Juni mein
Sollst willkommen sein,
Nun die weißen Blüten sind dahin.

Wenn die Stralen glühn,
Ruht sich's gut im Grün,
Wo der Vogel pfeift im Walde frei;
Unter'm Schattendach
Denkt die Seele nach,
Wird auch fröhlich und gesund dabei.

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• M. Bruch

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Note: the text is quoted at the beginning of Geibel's Juniuslieder, untitled but followed by the words "Altes Lied". In some editions, stanza 2, line 3, word 1 is "Wenn".

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, no title [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 Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), "Altes Lied", op. 7 (6 Gesänge) no. 1, published 1859 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Louis Samson , "Altes Lied", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. I. Reihe, Heft I, no. 4, Dresden, Arnold [sung text not yet checked]
by Mary Wurm (1860 - 1938), "Altes Lied", op. 25 (Neun Lieder) no. 5, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Georg Plothow [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Old Air", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-07-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

Old Air

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Every time of year
Has its joy and sorrow;
May is beautiful, but it has a false demeanor.
Therefore my June,
You shall be welcomed,
Now that the white blossoms are gone.

When the sunbeams burn down,
It is good to rest in the greenery,
Where the bird whistles freely in the forest;
Under the shading canopy
The soul ponders many things,
And thereby becomes joyful and healthy.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title
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This text was added to the website: 2015-01-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 68