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by (Karl) Ludwig Pfau (1821 - 1894)

Du kehrst mir den Rücken
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du kehrst mir den Rücken
Mit schiefem Gesicht?
[Ich springe, sei stet, in]1
Den Neckar drum nicht.
Geschnallt ist das Ränzel,
Der Stock ist zur Hand,
Die Welt ist gar helle,
Und offen das Land -
Ade!

Es glühn wohl viel Sterne
Am himmlischen Zelt,
Es ziehn wohl viel Straßen
An's Ende der Welt;
An jeglicher Straße 
Steht [mannig ein]2 Haus,
Schaut immer ein [freundliches]3
Paar Augen heraus -
[Juhe]4!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Marschner •   A. Schoenberg 

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1 Marschner: "Sei ruhig, ich spring' in"
2 Marschner: "ein manniges"
3 Marschner: "freundlich's"
4 Schoenberg: "Ade"

Text Authorship:

  • by (Karl) Ludwig Pfau (1821 - 1894), no title, appears in Gedichte [1847], in 3. Lieder und Stimmen, in Burschenlieder, no. 8, first published 1869 [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 Adam Arenson , "Du kehrst mir den Rücken", published 1891 [ alto and piano ], from Drei Lieder (Gedichte von Ludwig Pfau), no. 3, Berlin: Georg Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Ländler", op. 72 no. 2 [ four soli, mixed chorus, and piano four-hands ], from Lenz und Liebeslieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Handwerksburschenlied" [ vocal quartet for male voices a cappella ], from Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen a capella, no. 6, unpublished, from a manuscript in the composer's estate in the Austrian National Library [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Du kehrst mir den Rücken", 1895-7 [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 72

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