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Ich sah den Lenz einmal [Erblühn]1 im schönsten Tal; Ich sah der Liebe Licht Im schönsten Angesicht. Und wandl' ich nun allein Im Frühling durch den Hain, Erscheint aus jedem Strauch Ihr Angesicht mir auch. Und seh ich sie am Ort Wo längst der Frühling fort, So sprießt ein Lenz und schallt Um ihre süße Gestalt.
1 Gänsbacher, Krinninger: "Erwacht"; further changes may exist not shown above for Krinninger.
Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Liebesfrühling", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge [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 Anton Averkamp (1861 - 1934), "Liebesfrühling", op. 1 (6 Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1890 [ medium voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Liebesfrühling", op. 69 (Dichtungen von Lenau, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 16, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Julius Becher (1803 - 1848), "Liebesfrühling", op. 10 (6 Gedichte) no. 3, published 1847 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Haslinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Joseph Beer (1851 - 1908), "Liebesfrühling", op. 7 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Behm (1862 - 1946), "Liebesfrühling", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Damrosch (1832 - 1885), "Liebesfrühling", op. 5 no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Liebesfrühling", op. 14 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 5, published 1851 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph (or Josef) Gänsbacher (1829 - 1911), "Liebesfrühling", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josef Hofmann , "Liebesfrühling", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Chmel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz von Holstein (1826 - 1878), "Liebesfrühling", op. 24 (Vier Lieder) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Israël (1841 - 1881), "Liebesfrühling", op. 11 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Gustav Jansen (1831 - 1910), "Liebesfrühling", op. 25 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Krinninger , "Liebesfrühling", op. 14 (Vier Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1880 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Wiener-Neustadt, Wedl [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Liebesfrühling", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruno Ramann (1832 - 1897), "Liebesfrühling", op. 1 (5 Gesänge für 1 mittlere Stimme) no. 1, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Dörffel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Liebesfrühling", op. 16 (8 kleine Lieder für Mezzosopran) no. 3, published 1868 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Liebesfrühling", op. 36 no. 2 (1923) [ voice and chamber orchestra ], from Elegie: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Nikolaus Lenau und Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 2, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Liebesfrühling", op. 99 (Drei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1877 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Liebesfrühling", op. 9 no. 2 (1876) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Primavera d'amor", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Love's Spring", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Printemps de l'amour", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 57
I saw the Spring once blossoming in the loveliest valley; I saw the light of live in the most beautiful face. And when I walk alone now through the grove in Spring, in every bush her face appears to me too. And when I see her in a place that Spring has long since abandoned, then a new Spring sprouts and praises resoundingly her sweet form.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Liebesfrühling", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 66