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Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein saß In der stillen, schönen Maiennacht, Darunter ein Mägdlein im hohen Gras In der stillen, schönen Maiennacht. Sang Mägdlein, hielt das Vöglein Ruh', Sang Vöglein, hört' das Mägdlein zu, Und weithin klang Der Zwiegesang Das mondbeglänzte Thal entlang. Was sang das Vöglein im Gezweig Durch die stille, schöne Maiennacht? Was sang doch wohl das Mägdlein [gleich]1 Durch die stille, schöne Maiennacht? Von Frühlingssonne das Vögelein, Von Liebeswonne das Mägdelein. Wie der Gesang Zum Herzen [drang]2, [Vergess']3 ich nimmer mein [Lebelang]4!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Robert Reinick, Lieder eines Malers mit Randzeichnungen seiner Freunde, neu herausgegeben von Adolf Bothe, München: Verlag Rösl u. Cie., 1919, page 4. First published in Deutscher Musenalmanach auf das Jahr 1837, p. 217.
1 omitted by Mangold2 Berger, Mangold: "klang"
3 Dresel: "Vergeß'"
4 Berger, Mangold: "Leben lang"
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Zwiegesang", appears in Lieder eines Malers mit Randzeichnungen seiner Freunde, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1837 [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 Karl Balthasar , "Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein sass", op. 3 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Zeitz, Jubelt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein sass", op. 25 (Sechs Gesänge für gemischten Chor a capella oder mit Pianoforte ad lib.) no. 3, published 1888 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella or with piano ad libitum ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Zwiegesang", op. 14 (Drei Duette für 2 Sopran- oder 2 Tenorstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1864 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos or tenors with piano ], Berlin, Trautwein  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Zwiegesang", op. 8 [ voice, violin, and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein sass", 1848 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Anton Florian Eckert (1820 - 1879), "Zwiegesang", op. 29 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Carl Eschmann (1826 - 1882), "Zwiegesang", op. 11 [ voice, violoncello, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Zwiegesang", op. 33 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1894 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reinhold Finsterbusch , "Zwiegesang", op. 16 (Vier Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1890 [ mixed chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Freudenberg (1838 - 1928), "Zwiegesang ", op. 16 (Sechs Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1875 [ mixed chorus ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "Zwiegesang ", op. 64 (Acht Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1900 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Karol Gall (1856 - 1912), "Zwiegesang", op. 3 (Zwei Lieder für drei Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1882 [ vocal trio of female voices with piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Eduard Goltermann (1824 - 1898), "Zwiegesang ", op. 44 (Zweistimmige Gesänge für Frauen- und Männerstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1864 [ 2-part mixed chorus a cappella ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812 - 1883), "Zwiegesang ", op. 9 (Fünf heitere Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Fr. Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Häser (1809 - 1887 ), "Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein sass", op. 25, published 1874 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Cassel, Scheel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Hecht (1851 - 1932), "Zwiegesang", op. 16 (Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1884 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Heiser (1816 - 1897), "Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein sass", op. 145 (3 Lieder) no. 3, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Barth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Hetzel , "Sommernacht", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Forberg ; incipit given in Hofmeister: "Im Fliederbaum ein Vöglein sass" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl August Heymann-Rheineck (1854 - 1922), "Zwiegesang", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Zwiegesang", op. 149 (Sechs leichte Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Seitz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Hohlfeld (1854 - 1895), "Zwiegesang", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Leichssenring [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Isenmann (1839 - 1889), "Zwiegesang", op. 6 (Fünf Gesänge für Männerchor) no. 1, published 1879 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Freiburg i/B., Kaiser & Schiedmayer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Zwiegesang", op. 17 (Fünf Gesänge für drei Frauenstimme) no. 1, published 1892 [ vocal trio for female voices or three-part women's chorus with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Kellermann , "Zwiegespräch", op. 16 no. 3, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Philipp & Sohn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Kloberg , "Zwiegesang", op. 2 (Vier Quartette für Männerstimmen) no. 2, published 1879 [ vocal quartet for male voices a cappella ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (1847 - 1902), "Zwiegesang", op. 21 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Krug (1844 - 1902), "Zwiegesang", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein saß", op. 18 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [ alto or bass and guitar or piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Kulenkampff (1849 - 1921), "Zwiegesang", op. 4 (2 Duette für hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1885 [ vocal duet for 2 high voices with piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Lührss (1824 - 1882), "Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein sass", op. 6 (6 Lieder) no. 4, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein sass", alternate title: "Zwiegesang", op. 10 (Drei Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran, Alt, Bariton oder Bass mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott; note: the title of the song was 'Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein sass' in the 1841 edition and 'Zwiegesang' in the 1871 edition [sung text checked 1 time]
- by George W. Marston (1840 - 1901), "Zwiegesang", published 1890 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Album für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 8, Leipzig, A.P. Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Zwiegesang", op. 133 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1894 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rob. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Wilhelm) Bernhard Molique (1802 - 1869), "Zwiegesang ", Augener [sung text checked 1 time]
- by August Overbeck , "Zwiegesang", op. 8, published 1888 [ tenor and piano ], Mannheim, Hasdenteufel [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Albert Maria) Robert Radecke (1830 - 1911), "Zwiegesang", op. 14 (Drei Duette) no. 1, published 1856 [ vocal duet with piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aloys Reckendorf (1841 - 1911), "Zwiegesang", op. 4 (Sieben Lieder für Bariton mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1882 [ baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Zwiegesang", op. 138 no. 8, published 1875 [ voice, violin, and piano ], from Acht Kinderlieder mit leichter Pianoforte- und Violin-Begleitung, no. 8, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Reinhardt (1865 - 1922), "Zwiegesang ", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Zwiegesang ", op. 119 (7 Gesänge und Lieder für Sopran oder Mezzo-Sopran) no. 4, published 1837 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], Dresden, Meser [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Richter (1846 - 1919), "Zwiegesang", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1877 [ mixed chorus ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Rosenfeld (1849 - 1909), "Zwiegesang", op. 29 ([Acht] Lieder und Romanzen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung ) no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Kopenhagen, Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Samson , "Zwiegesang", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, II. Reihe, Heft II, no. 2, Dresden, Arnold  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Im Fliederbusch ein Vöglein saß", 189-? [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Schön (1855 - 1925), "Zwiegesang", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from [Sieben] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Wien, Rättig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav E. Schreck (1849 - 1918), "Zwiegesang", op. 3 (Fünf Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1876 [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Zwiegesang", op. 103 no. 2 [ voice, clarinet, and piano ], from Sechs deutsche Lieder für eine Singstimme, Klarinette und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Steinbach (1855 - 1916), "Zwiegesang ", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Stöbe (1863 - 1935), "Zwiegesang ", published 1890 [ vocal duet with piano ], from Lieder für 1 oder mehrere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, Organ oder Harmonium, no. 2, Leipzig, Protze ; canon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Stoiber , "Zwiegesang", op. 39 (Zwei Lieder für vier Männerstimmen (Chor oder Soloquartett)) no. 1, published 1879 [ vocal quartet for male voices or four-part men's chorus ], Wien, Wessely [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benno Stolzenberg (1827 - 1908), "Zwiegesang ", op. 17 (Drei Lieder für Sopran mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ soprano and piano ], Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Vierling (1820 - 1901), "Zwiegesang ", op. 3 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Guttentag  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aug. Weichelt , "Zwiegesang", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für Männerchor) no. 3, published 1879 [ men's chorus ], Gera, Eissmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Weiß (1836 - 1914), "Zwiegesang ", op. 43 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Ries [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich von Wickede (1834 - 1904), "Zwiegesang", op. 59, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. Zeiss (flourished 1886-1899), "Zwiegesang", op. 16 (Zwei Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 2, published 1899 [ four-part men's chorus ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Duet", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Duetto", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Canto a dois", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 84
In the lilac bush a little bird sat In the quiet, lovely May night; Below, a maiden [sat] in the high grass In the quiet, lovely May night. When the maiden sang, the little bird was quiet, When the little bird sang, the maiden listened, And over a long distance rang out Their duet Alongside the moon-bright valley. What was the little bird singing in the branches Through the quiet, lovely May night? For that matter, what was the maiden singing Through the quiet, lovely May night? Of the spring's sun [sang] the little bird, Of the splendor of love [sang] the maiden. How that song Exhilarated my heart, I will never forget for the rest of my life.
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Translations of titles
"Zwiegesang" = "Duet"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Zwiegesang", appears in Lieder eines Malers mit Randzeichnungen seiner Freunde, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1837
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 119