by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Wie herrlich leuchtet
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wie herrlich leuchtet Mir die Natur! Wie glänzt die Sonne! Wie lacht die Flur! Es dringen Blühten Aus jedem Zweig Und tausend Stimmen Aus dem Gesträuch, Und Freud und Wonne Aus jeder Brust. O Erd', o Sonne! O Glück, o Lust! O Lieb', o Liebe! So golden schön, Wie Morgenwolken Auf jenen Höhn! Du segnest herrlich Das frische Feld, Im Blütendampfe Die volle Welt. O Mädchen, Mädchen, Wie lieb ich dich! Wie blickt dein Auge, Wie liebst du mich! So liebt die Lerche Gesang und Luft, Und Morgenblumen Den Himmelsduft. Wie ich dich liebe Mit warmem Blut, Die du mir Jugend Und Freud und Mut Zu neuen Liedern Und Tänzen gibst. Sey ewig glücklich, Wie du mich liebst!
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• B. Bartók • C. Gabler • F. Hensel • C. Lorenz • H. Pfitzner • E. SchneiderE. Schneider sets stanzas 1, 2, 3, 5
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Goethe's Gedichte, Erster Theil, Neue Auflage, Stuttgart und Tübingen: in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1829, pages 46-47.
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Maylied", written 1771 [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 Eugen (Francis Charles) d'Albert (1864 - 1932), "Mailied", op. 3 (Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945), no title, 1900, published 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 5, Published as a facsimile of the manuscript, Homosassa, Florida: Bartók Records, ed. Ference Bónis [sung text checked 2 times]
- by Catharina Baum (d. 1876), "Mailied", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder von Göthe [sic] für eine Singstimme mit Klavier) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Mailied", op. 52 (Acht Lieder) no. 4 (<<1792) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by J. Berger , "Mailied" [ voice and piano ], from 6 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. A. J. Campbell , "Mailied", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hatzfeld [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Mailied", 2008 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Mailied", op. 2 (Vier [later Fünf] Gedichte für Tenor (oder Sopran)) no. 2, published 1854 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775 - 1864), "Mailied", c1813/4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Dumack , "Mailied", op. 11 (Zwei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1885 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Schleusingen, Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Theodor Flodin (1858 - 1925), "Wie herrlich leuchtet", alternate title: "Mailied", 1893 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ida Henriette da Fonseca (1806 - 1858), "Mailied" [ chorus ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Freudenberg (1838 - 1928), "Mailied", op. 8 (8 Lieder und Gesänge) no. 8 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian August Gabler (1770 - 1839), "Mailied", published 1798 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Karl) Georg Göhler (1874 - 1954), "Mailied", 1915 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Sessenheimer Lieder (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Martin Gräbner (b. 1967), "Mailied", 2013 [ voice and piano ], from Solang Du lebest, ist es Tag - Ein Liederzyklus für BL, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Johan) Andreas Hallén (1846 - 1925), "Mailied", op. 13 no. 2 [ soprano and piano ], from Visor för en Sopranstämma med Pianoforte, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Mailied", 1824 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Konrad Heubner (1860 - 1905), "Mailied", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1883 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary (Carlisle) Howe (1882 - 1964), "Mailied" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Jacoby , "Mailied", op. 10 (2 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Kempff (1895 - 1991), "Mailied", 1947 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793 - 1832), "Mailied", op. 15 (Neun Lieder von Goethe) no. 6 (1827) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "Mailied", 1924-46 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder nach Gedichten von J. W. von Goethe, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Kniese (1848 - 1905), "Mailied", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Minna (or Nina) von (or van) Könneritz , "Mailied", op. 96 (Sechs zweistimmige Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Mailied", op. 40 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 2 (1833), published 1867 [ medium voice and piano ], Stuttgart: Theodor Stürmer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Maienlied", op. 85 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 6, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Mailied", op. 79 no. 4 (1836) [ vocal quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Adolf Lorenz, Dr. (1837 - 1923), "Mailied", op. 18 (Drei Chorlieder) no. 2 [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by August Ludwig (1865 - 1946), "Mailied", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Göthelieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. Band 1, no. 7, Lichterfelde, Ludwig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Lührss (1824 - 1882), "Mailied", op. 34 (Sechs Chorlieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 1, published 1862 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Kitzner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adela Maddison (c1862 - 1929), "Maifest", op. 15 no. 3, published 1902 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies sur des poésies de Goethe, no. 3, Paris, Éd. A. Quinzard & Cie., also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Mailied", op. 71 (5 Goethe-Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1878 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Goethe-Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Darmstadt, Thies [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Mailied", 1834-8 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus (1827 - 1896), "Mailied", op. 18 ([Neun] Lieder und Gesänge von Göthe), Heft 2 no. 7, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Mailied", 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Meyer , "Mailied", op. 16, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Thiemer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Gerhard Natorp (1854 - 1924), "Mailied", op. 4 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 4, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Marburg, Lorch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Mailied", op. 26 (5 Lieder) no. 5 (1916) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Mailied", published 1781 [ vocal quartet ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Reichel (1820 - 1896), "Mailied", op. 67 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Bern, Methfessel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Enjott Schneider (b. 1950), "Mailied (Die volle Welt)", 2020, stanzas 1,2,3,5 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Lieder der Natur, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Mailied", op. 19a no. 3 (1909) [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Mailied" [ voice and orchestra ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Mailied", op. 53 (Gedichte von Goethe: I) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Ulrich , "Mailied", op. 10 (Drei Lieder für Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1855 [ tenor and piano ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philip Wolfrum (1854 - 1919), "Mailied", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. 4. Heft der Lieder und Gesänge) no. 4, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Wurmb (1842 - 1907), "Mailied", op. 5 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Gigue: Mailied", op. 65 no. 6 [ soprano, violin, cello, and piano ], from Rokoko-Suite, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905 - 1963), "Mailied", 1944 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Otto Manninen (1872 - 1950) , "Kevätlaulu" ; composed by Erkki Gustaf Melartin.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Robert, vicomte d'Humières (1868 - 1915) ; composed by Adela Maddison.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Meilied", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "How marvellously does Nature shine for me!", copyright ©
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canzone di maggio", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (unknown or anonymous translator) , "Canción de mayo", written 2013
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