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by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)

Das Mühlenleben
 (Sung text for setting by J. Lang)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Seh' ich sie am Bache sitzen,
Wenn sie Fliegennetze strickt,
Oder Sonntags für die Fenster
Frische Wiesenblumen pflückt;

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Das Mühlenleben", stanza 1 [ voice and piano ], unpublished, undated, incomplete

Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Das Mühlenleben", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 8, first published 1821

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Life at the mill", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-10
Line count: 40
Word count: 214

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