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Trockne die Wege, [Merzenluft]1! Segne die Stege, Veilchenduft! Säume nicht länger, o Sonnenschein! Frühling will kommen in's Land hinein! Dräuet nur immer, Weiße Höh'n! Fliehn muß der Schimmer Braust der Föhn! Hoch in den Lüften wie fliegen schon Jubelnde Vögel dem Schnee zum Hohn! Grünet nur weiter, Flur und Feld! Grüßet nur heiter Fort die Welt! Zagende Blumen! auf weitem Plan Fanget [nur]2 alle zu blühen an! Trockne die Wege, [Merzenluft]1! Segne die Stege, Veilchenduft! Säume nicht länger, o Sonnenschein! Frühling will kommen in's Land hinein!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser. 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 10.
1 Schletterer: "Märzenluft"2 Schletterer: "nun"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Merzenluft", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 8 [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 Sigmund Samuel Bieri (b. 1827) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Fink (1831 - 1911) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Gaugler (1840 - 1892), "Märzenluft", op. 24 (Sammlung von fünzig neuen Liedern für den vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 21, published 1876 [ ttbb chorus ], Binningen: Kompfe [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Merzenluft", op. 76 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor a capella) no. 2, published 1876 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Hermann Reiser (1839 - 1879) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "März. Märzenluft", op. 51 no. 3, published 1882 [ ssa chorus ], from Die Monate. 12 dreistimmige Chorgesänge für 2 Sopran und Alt ohne Begleitung. Zum Gebrauch in höheren Schulen und Gesangvereinen, no. 3, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-10-11
Line count: 24
Word count: 90
Dry the roads, March wind! Bless the pathways, Violet scent! Tarry no longer, oh sunshine! Springtime wishes to enter the land! Threaten away, White heights! The shimmer must flee When the Föhn-wind blows! Rejoicing birds are already flying High in the aether in defiance of the snow! Only continue greening up, Meadow and field! Merrily continue Greeting the world! Timid flowers! upon the broad plain [Only]2 begin to bloom, all of you! Dry the roads, March wind! Bless the pathways, Violet scent! Tarry no longer, oh sunshine! Springtime wishes to enter the land!
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"März. Märzenluft" = "March. March wind"
"Merzenluft" = "March wind"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Merzenluft", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 8
This text was added to the website: 2019-04-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 95