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Frischer, tauiger Sommermorgen, O wie erquickend dein Antlitz mir lacht! Tief noch im rauschendem Walde verborgen Sind schon die Vögel jubelnd erwacht. Fern aus dem Moose wie duften die Rosen, Wie an dem Waldrand die Blumen der Au! Und mit den goldenen Halmen wie kosen Neckisch die Lüfte, blitzet der Thau! Ach, und wie leuchtet das Grün aus dem Thale, Glänzet der Fluß aus felsiger Kluft! Schimmern die Höhen in rosigem Strahle, Hold umschleiert von bläulicher Luft! Und hoch oben in weißem Gewimmel Ziehen dahin vor dem lustigen Wind Eilig die letzten Schäfchen am Himmel, Bis sie im Blauen verschwunden sind. -- Labende Kühle, leuchtender Schimmer, Sink' und blink mir in's Herz herein, Und aus dem Liede, du Thaugeflimmer, Strahl' in blizendem Wiederschein!
M. Hauptmann sets stanzas 1-3
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 73-74.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Sommermorgen", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 83 [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 Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Sommermorgen", op. 23 (Sechs Lieder von F. Oser, O. Roquette, L. Uhland, vierstimmig für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1870 [ satb quartet ], Berlin: T. Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Sommermorgen", op. 90 (Sechs Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1873 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Grobe (1807 - 1877) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820 - 1901), op. 26 (Die Jahreszeiten) no. 4, published 1865 [ ttbb chorus ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Sommermorgen", op. 55 (6 Lieder aus Fr. Osers Naturliedern für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1864, stanzas 1-3 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel; confirmed with a 1906 edition [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Samuel Hoch (b. 1830) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eberhard Kühn (b. 1813) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Karl Nössler (1863 - 1943), "Sommermorgen", op. 64 no. 2, published [1928] [ men's chorus ], Bremen: Haake [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Summer morning", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2017-05-20
Line count: 20
Word count: 130
Fresh, dewy summer morning, Oh, how refreshingly your face smiles upon me! Still concealed deep within the soughing forest, The birds have already woken with rejoicing. From far away in the moss, how the roses' scent rises, How at the forest’s edge the scent of the flowers of the meadow! And how teasingly the breezes caress The golden haulms, how the dew sparkles! Ah, and how the green shines from out of the valley, How the river sparkles from out of the rocky chasm! How the heights shimmer in the rosy beams, Beautifully shrouded by the blue air! And high up in the white swarming mass The last little sheep upon the heavens Are hastily scudding away before the merry breeze Before they vanish into the blue. -- Refreshing coolness, radiant shimmer, Sink and twinkle into my heart, And from the song, you flickering dew, Shine in a sparkling reflection!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Sommermorgen", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 83
This text was added to the website: 2025-06-22
Line count: 20
Word count: 157