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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803)

O selig, selig Thal
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
O selig, selig Thal,
Thal der Liebe mir einmal!
O heilger, heilger Baum,
Unsrer ersten Schwüre Raum.
Wo erröthend
Und erblödend
Süß ihr Herz zerfloß,
Und in Wort und Blicken welche Liebe goß!

Korinna's süsser Schwur,
War ach! war ein Zephir nur!
Sie kennt nicht mehr den Baum,
Unsrer ersten Liebe Raum!
Schmeicheleien,
Tändeleien
Lockten sie von mir,
Zogen ach! das leichte Mädchen weg von hier.

Ihr Blümchen in dem Thal,
Trauert, trauert allzumal!
Du Nachtigall im Baum,
Klage meines Lebens Traum --
Girrt, ihr treuen
Turteltäubchen,
Seufzer in mein Ach,
Daß die Falsche hier so süß das Herz mir brach.

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•   P. Wolfrum 

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Aus D'Urfeys Collection of Ballads and songs Vol. 3. p. 49. wo es mit der Melodie zu finden.


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803), "Das Thal der Liebe" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist  [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 Max Kowalski (1882 - 1956), "Das Tal der Liebe", op. 10 no. 5, published 1914 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder auf alte Gedichte, no. 5, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739 - 1796), "O selig, selig Tal", published 1784 [ voice and piano ], from Oden und Lieder aus den besten deutschen Dichtern, Erste Sammlung, no. 21 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bernhard Ernst Scholz (1835 - 1916), "Liebesklage", op. 68 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme und Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a./M., Firnberg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751 - 1802), "Das Tal der Liebe", published 1794 [ voice and piano ], from Gesaenge mit Begleitung des Fortepiano von Corona Schroeter, zweyte Sammlung, no. 5, Weimar: In Commission bey dem Industrie Comptoir [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philip Wolfrum (1854 - 1919), "Das Tal der Liebe", op. 15 (Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, 3. Heft) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

This text was added to the website: 2010-12-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 103

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