Dort hoch auf jenem berge
Language: German (Deutsch)
Dort hoch auf jenem berge Da get ein mülerad, Das malet nichts denn liebe Die nacht biß an den tag; Die müle ist zerbrochen, Die liebe hat ein end, So gsegen dich Got, mein feines lieb! Jetz far ich ins ellend.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Deutsche Volkslieder. Sammlung von Franz Ludwig Mittler, Marburg und Leipzig: N. G. Elwert'scher Verlag, 1855, no. 768, page 557. First of three variations. See also the second, Dort droben auf hohem Berge; and the third, Da droben in jenem Thale.
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Mülrad", subtitle: "I. XVI. Jahrhundert" [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Dort hoch auf jenem Berge", 1869, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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