Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen,
Trompeten schmettern [drein]1;
Da tanzt [wohl]2 den Hochzeitreigen
Die Herzallerliebste mein.

Das ist ein Klingen und Dröhnen,
[Von Pauken und Schalmei'n]3;
Dazwischen schluchzen und stöhnen
Die [guten]4 Engelein.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 127.

¹ Schumann: "darein"
² added by Schumann.
³ Schumann: "Ein Pauken und ein Schalmei'n"
⁴ Schumann: "lieblichen"

Authorship:

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 20 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Ferdinand Gottfried Baake (1800 - 1881), "Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen", op. 13 (Junge Leiden : 13 Gedichte von Heinrich Heine) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Louis Ehlert (1825 - 1884), "Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen", op. 28 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1862 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jean Paul Ertel (1865 - 1933), "Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen", op. 6 (Vier Lieder mit Harmonium) no. 4, published 1903 [ voice and harmonium ], Berlin: Paul Koeppen [sung text not yet checked]
• by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen", published c2004, from Das Schwanenlied: sieben Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Hassenstein (1843 - 1927), "Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder von Heine, für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1879 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Eberswalde, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
• by Stefan Heucke , "Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen", op. 60 no. 1 (2010), first performed 2010 [ bass-baritone and piano ], from Nachtigallenchor, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Christian Jost (b. 1963), "Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen", 2017 [ soprano or tenor, string quartet, flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 9, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by M. Matthes , "Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen", from Lieder, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Martin Roeder (1851 - 1895), "Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen", op. 48 no. 9 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 9, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
• by A. M. Somov , "Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alajos Tarnay (1870 - 1933), "Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Heine-Lieder, no. 4, Budapest, Rózsavölgyi & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marcel Tyberg (1893 - 1944), "Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen" [ voice and piano ], from Song Cycle from Heinrich Heine'€™s Lyrischen Intermezzo, no. 19 [sung text not yet checked]
• by C. Otto Weber , "Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen", from Fünf Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Oscar Strasnoy (b. 1970), "Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass" [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Heine, no. 7
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• Also set in Basque (Euskara), a translation by Arregui ; composed by Pablo Sorozábal.
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• Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by J. Kühnlova ; composed by Karel Boleslav Jirák.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Mary Grant Carmichael.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Elisabeth M. Lockwood (1856 - ?) ; composed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Valery Aleksandrovich Gavrilin.
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• Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by Pablo Sorozábal (1897 - 1988) ; composed by Pablo Sorozábal.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Això és un tocar de flautes i violins", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jan Rot) , "Als bruid en bruidegom kussen!", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Dat is me een fluiten en baltsen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "There is a fluting and fiddling", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , appears in The Poems of Heine Complete, first published 1861
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 20, first published 1827
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Με τραγούδι από βιολιά και φλ&", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Assaf Levitin) (Michal Levitin) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "E' un suono di flauti e violini", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "Esas son flautas y violines", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: René Slot , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

Με τραγούδι από βιολιά και φλάουτα
με ήχους από δυνατά σαλπίσματα
η λατρεμένη της καρδιάς μου
χορεύει τον νυφικό χορό.

Είναι ένα πανδαιμόνιο εκκωφαντικό
από κύμβαλα και αυλούς
όπου αναμειγνύονται στεναγμοί και λυγμοί
των μικρών αγγέλων τ’ ουρανού.