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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 Alfred Dregert (1836 - 1893), "Ade, mein Lieb', ade", op. 28 (Zwei Lieder im Volkston für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 2, published 1877 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Köln, Weber [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Isenmann (1839 - 1889), "Es scheinen die Sternlein so hell", op. 47 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Salomon Jadassohn (1831 - 1902), "Böhmisches Volkslied", op. 52 no. 5, published [1877], from Sechs Volkslieder für eine hohe Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte , no. 5, Leipzig : Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
• by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Der Abschied (Böhmisches Volkslied)", op. 84 (Vier Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1889 [ satb chorus ], Leipzig: J. Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]

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