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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Sonntagsfrühe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
[Sabbathsstille]1 fließt zur Erde  
Leise mit dem Morgenthau, 
Wie mit lächelnder Geberde 
Schaut der Himmel auf die Au. 

Von den lichten Blüthenzweigen 
Wehn die Düfte heilend lind, 
Thaugeschmückt die Halme neigen 
Wie zum Beten sich im Wind. 

Schüchtern nur die Vöglein tauschen 
Ihren ersten Frühgesang,  
Und so ernst die Bäume rauschen 
Zu der Morgenglocken Klang.  

Sieh auch mich, auch mich verlanget,   
Herr, nach deiner Sabbathsruh!  
Wie die Frühlingswelt erpranget,  
Prang' in meinem Herzen du!  

Und die Seligkeit, der Friede, 
Der die Seele mir durchweht, 
Steig' empor in meinem Liede, 
Dir ein angenehm Gebet!

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Confirmed with Die poetische Nationalliteratur der deutschen Schweiz. Dritter Band, Glarus: J. Vogel, 1867, pages 279-280; and confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 49-50.

1 Wilm: "Sabbathsruhe"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Sonntagsfrühe", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 55 [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 Valentin Eduard Becker (1814 - 1890), "Sonntagsfrühe", op. 114 (Drei Gesänge für eine Sopranstimme und gemischte Chor) no. 1, published 1886 [ soprano and mixed chorus ], Leipzig: C.F.W. Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Beez (1828 - 1893) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Sonntagsfrühe", op. 23 (Sechs Lieder von F. Oser, O. Roquette, L. Uhland, vierstimmig für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1870 [ satb quartet ], Berlin: T. Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Georg Bratsch (1817 - 1887) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Xaver Chwatal (1808 - 1879) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Aloys Theodor Commer (1813 - 1887), "Sonntagsfrühe", op. 65 (Zwanzig Lieder für Fr. Oser, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 16, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein'sche Buchhandlung [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Moritz Emil Engel (b. 1835) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Flügel (1812 - 1900) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Grobe (1807 - 1877) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820 - 1901) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Guth (b. 1821) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ignaz Heim (1818 - 1880) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Samuel Hoch (b. 1830) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Johann) Heinrich Hoffmeister (b. 1808) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Konrad Kocher (1786 - 1872), "Sonntagsfrühe", published 1872 [ SATB chorus ], in Neue Liedersammlung für den gemischten Chor, Zürich: P. J. Fries, song no. 60, pages 133 - 134 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Eberhard Kühn (b. 1813) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolf Löw-Burckhardt (1832 - 1898) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Sonntagsfrühe", op. 33 (Drei Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 1, published 1894 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Müller (b. 1820) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by W. Müller , "Sonntagsfrühe", published 1881 [ baritone solo and men's chorus ], Leipzig: Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henry Hugo Pierson (1816 - 1873) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Sonntagsfrühe" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Louis Röhr (b. 1821), "Sonntagsfrühe", op. 42 (Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 4, published 1869 [ ttbb chorus ], Leipzig: Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Santner (1819 - 1885) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Sattler (1811 - 1891) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Friedrich Schneider (1821 - 1866) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Schwab (b. 1841) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Theodor Seiffert (1805 - 1885) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Wilhelm Sering (1822 - 1901) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Heinrich August Siemers (1819 - 1876), "Sonntagsfrühe", op. 42 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 2, published 1868 [ ttbb chorus ], Leipzig: Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anton Maria Storch (1813 - 1887) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Sonntagsfrühe", op. 129 (Vier Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1894 [ mixed chorus ], Leipzig, Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Early on a Sunday morning", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2017-05-22
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Word count: 94

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