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by (Karl) Ludwig Pfau (1821 - 1894)

Du kehrst mir den Rücken
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du kehrst mir den Rücken
Mit schiefem Gesicht?
Ich springe, sei stet, in
Den Neckar drum nicht.
Geschnallt ist das Ränzel,
Der Stock ist zur Hand,
Die Welt ist gar helle,
Und offen das Land -
Ade!

Es glühn wohl viel Sterne
Am himmlischen Zelt,
Es ziehn wohl viel Straßen
An's Ende der Welt;
An jeglicher Straße 
Steht mannig ein Haus,
Schaut immer ein freundliches
Paar Augen heraus -
Juhe4!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Marschner •   A. Schoenberg 

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Text Authorship:

  • by (Karl) Ludwig Pfau (1821 - 1894), no title, appears in Gedichte [1847], in 3. Lieder und Stimmen, in Burschenlieder, no. 8, first published 1869 [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 Adam Arenson , "Du kehrst mir den Rücken", published 1891 [ alto and piano ], from Drei Lieder (Gedichte von Ludwig Pfau), no. 3, Berlin: Georg Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Ländler", op. 72 no. 2 [ four soli, mixed chorus, and piano four-hands ], from Lenz und Liebeslieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Handwerksburschenlied" [ vocal quartet for male voices a cappella ], from Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen a capella, no. 6, unpublished, from a manuscript in the composer's estate in the Austrian National Library [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Du kehrst mir den Rücken", 1895-7 [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 72

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