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by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866)

Weißt, Vöglein du, warum der Tag
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weißt, Vöglein du, warum der Tag 
So heiter uns verstreicht, 
Warum es g'rade uns der Herr 
Vor Vielen macht so leicht.

Warum uns noch kein Harm, kein Leid,
Den muntern Sinn bezwang,
Warum wir jeden Erdenschmerz
Verschmerzen ob dem Sang? 

Das macht, weil er so dich als mich 
Zum Herold hat bestellt,
Daß wir ihn preisen froh und frei 
Im Lied vor aller Welt. 

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Confirmed with Lyrische Blätter von Johann Nepomuk Vogl, Wien, Rohrmann und Schweigerd, 1836, page 34.


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866), "Verständigung ", appears in Lyrische Blätter [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 Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Weisst Vöglein, du, warum der Tag so heiter", op. 41 (Drei Duettinen für 2 Sopranstimmen mit Pianoforte. Op. 41) no. 3, published 1840 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Verständigung" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-06-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 64

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