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by Giovanni Battista Zappi (1667 - 1719)
Translation by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)

An ein Veilchen
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Birg, o Veilchen, in deinem blauen Kelche,
Birg die Tränen der Wehmut, bis mein Liebchen
Diese Quelle besucht! Entpflückt sie lächelnd
Dich dem Rasen, die Brust mit dir zu schmücken.
O dann schmiege dich ihr ans Herz, und sag ihr,
Daß die Tropfen in deinem blauen Kelche
Aus der Seele des treu'sten Jünglings flossen,
Der sein Leben verweinet, und den Tod wünscht.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Amon •   V. Tomášek 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "An ein Veilchen" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni Battista Zappi (1667 - 1719) [text unavailable]
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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 Andreas Amon (1763 - 1825), "An ein Veilchen", op. 38 (Sechs Lieder mit Begleitung des Klaviers oder der Guitarre) no. 3 [ voice and piano or guitar ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Gottlob Bachmann (1763 - 1840), "An ein Veilchen", op. 33 no. 4 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Oden, beym Clavier zu singen, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "An ein Veilchen", op. 49 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2 (1868), published 1868, first performed 1871 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "An ein Veilchen", op. 40 (Sechs Lieder mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte von Hölty) no. 5 [ voice and piano ], Augsburg, Gombart, No. 290 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "An ein Veilchen", op. 2 (6 Lieder) no. 6 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A una violeta", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan een viooltje", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To a violet", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 66

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