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[Phillis]1, unter diesen Buchen Will ich junge Veilchen suchen; Komm, und suche sie mit mir! [Müssen]2 wir in finstern Gründen Lange suchen, sie zu finden, Dann so ruh' ich auch mit dir!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with J.W.L. Gleim's Sämmtliche Werke, Erste Originalausgabe aus des Dichters Handschriften durch Wilhelm Körte, Erste Band, Halberstadt, im Büreau für Literatur und Kunst, 1811, page 255.
1 Hindemith: spelled "Phyllis"
2 Hindemith: "Phyllis, müssen"
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- by Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803), "An Phillis" [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 Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "An Phyllis - Toccata ; Corrente", op. 35, Heft 1 no. 2 (1924) [soprano and cello], from Die Serenaden, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "À Phyllis", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "To Phyllis", copyright © 2015
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Text added to the website: 2005-05-16 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:13
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Word count: 32
Phyllis, sous ces hêtres, Je vais chercher des violettes fraîches ; Viens les chercher avec moi. Phyllis, si nous devons dans les ombres frondaisons Chercher longtemps pour les trouver Alors je me reposerai aussi avec toi.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803), "An Phillis"
Text added to the website: 2014-01-27 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:28
Line count: 6
Word count: 36