Hunting is my greatest pleasure

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by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Das Jagen ist mein' größte Lust

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Veit
Das Jagen ist mein' größte Lust,
Ziehs allem andern für!
Man ist so frisch
Rennt durchs Gebüsch,
Und springt, als wie ein Thier!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• D. Türk

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Confirmed with Johann Martin Miller, Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte, Faksimiledruck nach der Ausgabe von 1776, mit einem Nachwort von Alain Faure, Erster Band, Stuttgart: J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1971, page 248

Text Authorship:

by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814), no title, appears in Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte [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 Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750 - 1813), "Das Jagen ist mein' größte Lust", published 1780 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gedichte aus dem Siegwart, no. 1, Leipzig und Halle, private publication (i.e., financed by the composer) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-06-16
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Hunting is my greatest pleasure

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Hunting is my greatest pleasure,
I would rather do that than anything else!
One is so brisk[,]
One runs through the bushes,
And leaps like an animal!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814), no title, appears in Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte
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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-16
Line count: 5
Word count: 27