by Oscar von Redwitz-Schmölz (1823 - 1891)
Ich will die lauten Freuden nicht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Ich will die lauten Freuden nicht, Mein stilles Haus sei meine Welt! Vom Stern der treu erfüllten Pflicht Sei einzig nur mein Herz erhellt! Ich will drauf sinnen Tag und Nacht, Wie ich dir wohl was Liebes thu'! Was ist doch all der Feste Pracht Gen meines Hauses Liebesruh'!
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Confirmed with Oscar v. Redwitz, Amaranth, Zweite Auflage, Mainz: Verlag von Kirchheim und Schott, 1850, page 119.
Text Authorship:
- by Oscar von Redwitz-Schmölz (1823 - 1891), no title, appears in Amaranth, in Amaranths stille Lieder [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 Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Brautlied", 1850? [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Theodor Emanuel, Freiherr von Perfall (1824 - 1907), "Ich will die lauten Freuden nicht", op. 16 (Amaranth's stille Lieder) no. 5, published 1851 [ voice and piano ], Mainz: Schott [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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