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by Marie-Justine Favart (1727 - 1772)
Translation by Johann André (1741 - 1799)

In einem Tal, bei einem Bach
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
In einem Tal, bei einem Bach,
da flog ein bunter Schmetterling;
ein Mädchen, das ihn gerne fing,
das lief dem bunten Tierchen nach.

Es lief dem bunten Tierchen nach;
doch unversehn's blieb im Gesträuch
sein Fuß verwickelt, und sogleich
fiel's arme Mädchen in den Bach!

Das arme Mädchen fiel in'n Bach
und schrie; gleich lief auf sein Geschrei
ein hübscher wackrer Bursch herbei,
der zog es eiligst aus dem Bach.

Er zog es eiligst aus dem Bach!
Das Mädchen nahm, aus Dankbarkeit,
ihn mit nach Haus und seit der Zeit
läuft's keinem Schmetterling mehr nach!

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Confirmed with Die Bezauberten, oder Peter und Hannchen. Nach dem französischen der Madame Favart. Verfertigt und in Musik gesetzt von Johann André, Berlin: Christian Friedrich Himburg, 1777, pages 62 - 63.


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann André (1741 - 1799), no title [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Marie-Justine Favart (1727 - 1772), no title, appears in Les Ensorcelés, ou Jeannot et Jeannette. Parodie, first published 1758
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Johann André (1741 - 1799), "In einem Tal, bei einem Bach" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Carl) Ludwig (Heinrich) Berger (1777 - 1839), "Romanze", op. 17 no. 2, published 1825 [ voice and piano ], from Neun deutsche Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin: bei Fr. Laue; confirmed with this edition [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Romanze", from Acht Jugendlieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinrich Reimann (1850 - 1906), "Der Schmetterling", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Das deutsche Lied für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747 - 1800), "Der Schmetterling" [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Peter Donderwinkel , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 95

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