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Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein, Die roten Rosen der Wängelein, Die weißen Liljen der Händchen klein, Die blühen und blühen noch immerfort, Und nur das Herzchen ist verdorrt.
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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 135.
Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 30 [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 Theodor Bubeck (1866 - 1910), "Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein", op. 13 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don Forsythe (b. 1932), "Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Winterzyklus, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Fried , "Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein", op. 4 no. 2, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Heine-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Wien, Haslinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henrik Hennings (1848 - 1923), "Die blauen Veilchen", op. 18 (Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 1, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Kopenhagen, Prior (Leipzig, Kistner) [sung text not yet checked]
- by David M. Hollister (b. 1929), "Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein", 1964-77, published c1981 [ high voice and piano ], from Songs of death, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Horwitz , "Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein", op. 2 no. 2, from Aus Heine's lyrischem Intermezzo : Liederzyklus, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein", op. 20 (Zwölf Lieder), Heft 2 no. 11, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (1847 - 1902), "Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein", op. 20 (Liebestraum : Sechs Gesänge nach Heine) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reginald Lindsey Sweet (1885 - 1950?), "Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein", op. 7 (Sechs ernste Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein" [sung text not yet checked]
- by C. Wansink , "Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein", op. 1 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by James Thomson (1834 - 1882) , "Die blauen Veilchen der Äugelein", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 67, first published 1887 ; composed by John Joseph Becker, Frank Bridge.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation (A. K. A. ) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Teodor Khristoforovich Bubek.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 30, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Les violettes bleues de ses petits yeux, Les roses rouges de ses petites joues, Les lis blancs de ses petites mains Fleurissent et fleuriront à jamais, Et seul son cœur est flétri.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Pierre Mathé, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 30
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-02
Line count: 5
Word count: 32