by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)
Die Post
Language: German (Deutsch)
Von der Straße her ein Posthorn klingt. Was hat es, daß es so hoch aufspringt, Mein Herz? Die Post bringt keinen Brief für dich: Was drängst du denn so wunderlich, Mein Herz? Nun ja, die Post [kömmt]1 aus der Stadt, Wo ich ein liebes Liebchen hatt', Mein Herz! Willst wohl einmal [hinübersehn]2, Und fragen, wie es dort mag gehn, Mein Herz?
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2 Schubert: "hinüber sehn"
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Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Zweites Bändchen. Deßau 1824. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, page 85.
1 Schubert: "kommt"2 Schubert: "hinüber sehn"
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Die Post", written 1823, appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Die Winterreise, no. 6, first published 1824 [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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Die Post", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reiner Bredemeyer (1929 - 1995), "Die Post", 1984, first performed 1985 [ baritone, horn, and piano ], from Die Winterreise, no. 6, VEB Deutscher Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Die Post", op. 76 (12 Lieder und Romanzen für 1 und 2 Singstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 6, KWV. 9112 no. 6 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Die Post", op. 82 (Drei Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte und Violoncell) no. 2, KWV 9118 no. 2, published 1832 [ voice, piano, cello ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Theobald Petschke (1806 - 1888), "Die Post", op. 7 (Fünf Gesänge für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1838 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Crayen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Post", op. 89 no. 13, D 911 no. 13 (1827), published 1828 [ voice and piano ], from Winterreise, no. 13, Haslinger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Die Post ", op. 9 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 5, published 1832 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Ferdinand Würst (1824 - 1881), "Die Post", op. 17 (Vier Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 3, published 1851 [ SATB chorus ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes (Hans) Wolfgang Zender (b. 1936), "Die Post ", 1993 [ tenor and small orchestra ], from Schuberts Winterreise, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , "Die pos", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El correu", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "邮政", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De post", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Arthur Rishi) , "The post", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (David Paley) , "The post", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Posti", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le courrier", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRI Frisian [singable] (Pieter Wiersma) , "De Post", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "הדואר", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La posta", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "우편마차", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Paštas", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "El correo", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ofer Sheinberg , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
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