by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
Translation Singable translation by Maureen Oberli-Turner
Zierlich ist des Vogels Tritt im Schnee
Language: German (Deutsch)
Zierlich ist des Vogels Tritt im Schnee, Wenn er wandelt [auf]1 des Berges Höh': [Zierlicher schreibt]2 Liebchens liebe Hand, Schreibt ein Brieflein mir in ferne Land'. In die Lüfte hoch [ein]3 Reiher steigt, Dahin weder Pfeil noch Kugel [fleugt]4: [Tausendmal]5 so hoch und so geschwind Die Gedanken treuer Liebe sind.
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• G. Bachlund • K. Erickson • W. Hess • W. Killmayer • R. Schumann • R. Seifert • H. WolfAbout the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotesConfirmed with Gedichte von Eduard Mörike, Zweite, vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart und Tübingen, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1848, page 19.
1 Seifert: "von"2 Seifert: "Zierlich schreibet"
3 Killmayer: "der"
4 Seifert: "reicht"
5 Seifert: "Doch tausendmal"
Text Authorship:
- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Jägerlied" [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 Johann Baptiste André (1823 - 1882), "Jägerlied", op. 47 (Acht zweistimmige Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1874 [ duet for 2 mezzo-sopranos (or mezzo-soprano and bass) with piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Die Gedanken treuer Liebe", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ignaz Brüll (1846 - 1907), "Lied", op. 56 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942), "Jägerlied", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 2 no. 3 (1939) [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942), "Jägerlied", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 3 no. 4 (1939) [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kurt Erickson , "Jägerlied", first performed 2014 [ bass and piano ], from Jägermeisterlieder: A Song Set for Manly Men , no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805 - 1900), "Jägerlied", op. 35 (Sechs deutsche Gesänge) no. 1, published 1842, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willy Hess (1906 - 1997), "Jägerlied", op. 42 (Sieben Lieder = Seven songs) no. 4, published 1974 [ voice and piano ], Zürich : Amadeus Verlag, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch (1806 - 1872), "Jägerlied", op. 11 (Lieder und Gesänge von Ed. Mörike für Mezzo-Sopran) no. 1, published 1843 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Stuttgart, Zum Haydn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hofmann , "Jägerlied", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz von Holstein (1826 - 1878), "Jägerlied", op. 16 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2, published 1865 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Jägerlied", op. 12 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 1 (1890), published 1891 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Friedrich Kauffmann (1803 - 1856), "Jägerlied", 1839 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Jägerlied", 2003/4, published 2014, first performed 2004 [ tenor and piano ], from Mörike-Lieder für Tenor und Klavier, no. 5, Mainz, London, Berlin, Madrid, New York, Paris, Prague, Tokyo, Toronto: Schott Music [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peter Jona Korn (b. 1922), "Jägerlied", op. 24 no. 3 (1954), published 1964 [ medium voice and piano ], from Der Pfarrer von Cleversulzbach, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Jägerlied", op. 42 no. 3 (1941) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl (1823 - 1897), "Jägerlied", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from 35 neue Lieder für das Haus, no. 14, Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Rommel , "Zierlich ist des Vogels Tritt im Schnee", op. 16 (Zwei Lieder im Volkston für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Jägerlied", op. 59, Heft 1 no. 3 (1846), published 1848 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Vier Gesänge für gemischten Chor, no. 3, Leipzig, Whistling
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time] - by Richard Seifert (b. 1821), "Jägerlied" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo von Senger (1835 - 1892), "Jägerliedchen", op. 7 (Fünfunddreißig Lieder und Gesänge), Heft 2 no. 7, published 1868 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Jägerlied", 1979 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Jägerlied", op. 41 no. 5, published 1906, from Frühlings- und Liebeslieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Jägerlied" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Jägerlied", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 4
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Maureen Oberli-Turner ; composed by Willy Hess.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 55
Hunter's song
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Dainty are birds’ footprints in the snow, when they wander up to mountain peaks; still daintier is the writing of my love, in letters wich I read so far from home. A heron rises high up in the sky, where neither shots nor arrows can attain. A thousand times more lofty and more swift, are the thoughts of love so true and deep.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Maureen Oberli-Turner [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Jägerlied"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Willy Hess (1906 - 1997), "Hunter's song", op. 42 (Sieben Lieder = Seven songs) no. 4, published 1974 [ voice and piano ], Zürich : Amadeus Verlag, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2020-11-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 63