Im wunderschönen Monat Mai, Als alle Knospen sprangen, 1 Da [ist]2 in meinem Herzen Die Liebe aufgegangen. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai, Als alle Vögel sangen, 3 Da hab' ich ihr gestanden Mein Sehnen und Verlangen.
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• A. Deprosse • M. Ender • C. Gollmick • M. Hinrichs • F. Lachner • R. Schumann • J. Söderman • M. White • M. WhiteR. de Leeuw sets stanza 1
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 112.
1 Lachner adds: "Geweckt von süssen Schmerzen, / Von Sehnsucht sanft umfangen,"2 Ender: "ist auch"
3 Lachner adds: "Die Blüten sich umwanden, / Die Zweige sich umschlangen,"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 1 [author's text checked 2 times 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 August Ritter von Adelburg (1830 - 1873), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 112 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Károly Aggházy (1855 - 1918), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 30 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kiesler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Th. Allekotte , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 32 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Alsleben (1832 - 1894), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 16 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1860 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Constantin C. von Bach , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 37 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Petersburg, Bessel & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 1894?8?, from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 10 (Sechs kleine Lieder) no. 2, published 1848 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rafael Behn , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. M. Benson , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1914 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Two Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nicolai Berendt , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 3 (Vier Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Bergmann (1837 - 1892), "Maienliebe", op. 4 [ vocal trio with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Blume , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 (Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moninia Luax Botsford , "Im Mai" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 33 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Bratfisch (1823 - 1874), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans (August Alexander) Bronsart (1830 - 1913), "Gedicht von Heine", published 1855, from 30 Lieder, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Brosig (1815 - 1887), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 17 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 13 (Zehn Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Georg Chemin-Petit (1832 - 1885), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 26 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Riewe & Thiele [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Decker , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 20 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Deprosse (1838 - 1878), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 26 (Sieben Lieder) no. 6, published 1868 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Dietz (1833 - 1897), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 5 (Drei Lieder von Heine) no. 2, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Victor) Felix von Dwelshauvers-Déry (1869 - 1915), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Catharinus Elling (1858 - 1942), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 16 (Vier Lieder von Heine) no. 2, published 1885 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moriz Ender , "Im Mai", from Drei Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Fiebach (1851 - 1937), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from An Susanne. Lieder der Liebe für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Berlin, (Sulzbach) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Greifswald, Verlag der Academischen Buchhandlung (and later: Leipzig, Leuckart, 1876) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Flury (1896 - 1967), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1949, from 5 Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine und Julius Arent [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Frühlingzyklus, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. Fuchs , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Gaugler (1840 - 1892), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 11 no. 4, published 1873 [ ttbb quartet ], Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerald M. Ginsburg (b. 1933), "Monat Mai", 2001, published c2003, from Aus Schmerzen zu Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Gollmick (1796 - 1866), "Der Mai und die Liebe", op. 49 (Drei deutsche Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Im Mai", op. 6 no. 1, published 1849 [ voice and piano ], from Fliegende Blätter: Sieben Lieder, no. 1, Berlin, Challier und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder von Burns, Heine, Dehling, Hagendorf, Geibel für Sopran oder Tenor) no. 3, published 1844 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Haeberlein , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 12 (Zweistimmige Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Ch. W. Hahn , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 20 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Knut Håkanson (1887 - 1929), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 1905 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivar Hallström (1826 - 1901), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 1861 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Gardiner Hammond (1874 - 1945), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1903-9, from Heine Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Hartmann (1836 - 1910), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hassenstein (1843 - 1927), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder von Heine, für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1879 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Eberswalde, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Heinefetter (1833 - 1934), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 18 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Heinze (1845 - 1893), "Der wunderschöne Monat Mai", op. 123 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Henkel (1822 - 1899), "Mailiebe", op. 41 (Zwölf Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 6 (1898) [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henrik Hennings (1848 - 1923), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 18 (Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 8, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Kopenhagen, Prior (Leipzig, Kistner) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 1837 [ vocal duet for 2 female voices and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hedwig Hertz , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1867 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Heuchemer (1826 - 1858), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai ", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1858 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie Hinrichs (1828 - 1891), "Im Mai", op. 1 (Neun Gesänge) no. 7, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by K. Hofmann , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 48 [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. A. Holtzmann , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Honndorf (1870 - 1919), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 14 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Vormeyer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oswald Horlacher , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Huber , "Heine-Revue", from Dichter unbekannt, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Homer Corliss Humphrey (1880 - ?), "Im wunderschonen maonat Mai [sic]" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Ivers , "Im Mai" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Janssens (b. 1934), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1976, from Heinrich Heine Song Buch, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Jost (b. 1963), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 2017 [ soprano or tenor, string quartet, flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 1, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 1994-5, published c1998 [ tenor and piano ], from Ein Liederbuch nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Abteilung III, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich [Fritz] Kirchner (1840 - 1907), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 121 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Klassert , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 30 (Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Adolf Klauwell (1851 - 1917), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 30 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (1847 - 1902), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 20 no. 1, published 1870 [ baritone or alto and piano ], from Liebestraum. Cyclus von 6 Gesängen für Bariton oder Alt mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Seitz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joh. Koffka , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 4 no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder von Heine, no. 3, Berlin, Schlesinger  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855 - 1913), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder) no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Halle, Karmrodt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Krežma (1862 - 1881), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Im Mai", op. 17 (Fünf Lieder für eine Sopran- oder Tenorstimme mit Pianoforte und ein 3stimmiger Kanon) no. 3 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Kuczynski (1846 - 1897), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 18--?, from Vierzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Im Mai", op. 33, Heft 1 no. 6, from Sängerfahrt : sechzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolph, Baron von Lauer-Münchhofen (1796 - 1874), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 6 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry J. Lautz , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 3 (Heine-Lieder (Heine-Songs)) no. 1, published 1909, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Lavater (1867 - 1953), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 1 (Six Songs by Heinrich Heine) no. 2, published 1895, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reinbert de Leeuw (b. 1938), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 2003?, stanza 1 [ voice with instrumental ensemble ], from Im wunderschönen Monat Mai : dreimal sieben Lieder nach Schumann und Schubert, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by F. G. Liebing , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Löwenberg , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder von Heine für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Josef Löwenstamm (1843 - 1903), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 1 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Luda , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 9 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by G. W. Mackrodt , "Im Mai", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", fragment [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Monat Mai", op. 12 (3 Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor) no. 1, published 1840 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Darmstadt, Pabst [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Adolf Merkel (1827 - 1885), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Wilhelm Morthenson (b. 1940), "Frühlingslied", published c1987 [ mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Muldrow (b. 1954), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai" [ voice, soprano saxophone, and piano; or voice, trumpet, and guitar ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fredric Myrow , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai" [ soprano, flute, viola, and 2 cellos ], from Vier Lieder im Frühling, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Guido Nakonz (1833 - 1907), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Naumann (1827 - 1888), "Im Mai", op. 4 (Acht Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 21 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 no. 2, published 1888, from Sketchbook : a Group of Songs and Piano Pieces, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gary Noland , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 19 (Four Heine Lieder) no. 2, published 1990 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Christian Georg Pabst (1854 - 1894), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", from Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Chr. R. Petersen , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 12 [ piano and voice ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dávid Popper (1843 - 1913), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger (1815 - 1891), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1865?, from Fünf Lieder von H. Heine, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by James P. Prior , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Frankfurt a/M., Firnberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Renaud , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 2 no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Julius Richter (1810 - 1873), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Hotchkiss Rogers (1857 - 1940), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1908 [ high voice and piano ], from Two poems by H. Heine, no. 1, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 23 (Vier Lieder von H. Heine) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Schäffer (1823 - 1902), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 9 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianofortes ) no. 1, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by G. Scheller , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 1 (Zwölf Lieder), Heft 1 no. 5 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Schnell (? - 1884), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 8 (Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Schreyer , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 48 no. 1 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 1, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alwin Schutzer , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Im Mai", op. 8 (Drei Lieder von H. Heine für Männerquartett) no. 2, published 1873 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], Königsberg i/Pr., Jakubowski [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hilarius Freiherr von Siegroth (1832 - ?), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johan August Söderman (1832 - 1876), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1859 [ voice and piano ], from Heidenröslein : Liederzyklus nach Heine, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet, also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leopold Sprowacker (1853 - 1936), "Madame, ich liebe Sie! : Wiener Lied", op. 119 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Steifensand (1820 - 1882), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", from Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Steinkühler (1821 - 1872), "Im Mai: von Heine" [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871 - 1927), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Junge Liebe : sångcykel, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 6 (Liebeslieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1878 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 55 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 2 no. 4, published 1851 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Wehner (1820 - 1880), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Werner , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Berlin, Rühle & Hunger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder von Heine, no. 2, London: Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co., also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Album of German Songs (later published as Sixteen German Songs), no. 2, London: Stanley Lucas, Weber & Col.; also reprinted by Recital Publications (Texas) in 1995 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Friedrich Wilhelm (1815 - 1873), "Im Mai" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Winkelmann , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", from Neun Lieder, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Woeltge , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Z. Ziegler , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", from Drei Lieder, no. 2, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
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- by Oscar Strasnoy (b. 1970), "Wir haben viel für einander gefühlt" [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Heine, no. 1
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- Also set in English, a translation by Theodore Martin, Sir, KCB KCVO (1816 - 1909) , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, pages 54-55, first published 1887 ; composed by Alice Barnett, Garnet Wolseley Cox, Henry Kimball Hadley.
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- Also set in English, a translation by James Hotchkiss Rogers (1857 - 1940) ; composed by James Hotchkiss Rogers.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ross.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Frank E. Sawyer.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Wilhelm J. Stabler.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Harry Woollett.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937) , "'Twas in the lovely month of May" ; composed by Maude Valérie White.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 1 ; composed by Marcel Bertrand.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Z. Ziegler.
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- Also set in Hebrew (עברית), a translation by Isaac Katznelson ; composed by Samuel Alman.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Bernardino Zendrini (1839 - 1879) ; composed by Guglielmo Andreoli, Luigi Ferrari Trecate.
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Alberto Franchetti.
- Also set in Romanian (Română), a translation by Ștefan Octavian Iosif (1875 - 1914) ; composed by Sabin Vasile Drăgoi.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) , no title ; composed by Nikolai Mikhailovich Ladukhin.
- Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , copyright © ; composed by Andrés Gaos.
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- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation possibly by Fritz Arlberg (1830 - 1896); composed by Johan August Söderman.
- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Larisa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka (1871 - 1913) ; composed by Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En el meravellós mes de maig", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Jan Rot) , "Hoe onwaarschijnlijk mooi is mei", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "In 't wonderschoone meigetij"
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "In mei, die wondermooie maand", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "In the wonderfully beautiful month of May", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , appears in The Poems of Heine Complete, first published 1861
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Month of May", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Suloisessa toukokuussa", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 1, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Στον υπέροχο μήνα του Μαγιού", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Assaf Levitin) (Michal Levitin) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Nel meraviglioso mese di maggio", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , no title, appears in Pieśni Heinego, in Intermezzo, no. 1, first published 1880
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont) , no title
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Ariel E. Ramos) , "En el maravillosamente bello mes de mayo", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "En el mes de mayo, prodigiosamente bello", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: René Slot , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 35
В волшебно-светлый месяц май Все почки распускались, И в нежном сердце у меня Мечты любви рождались. В волшебно-светлый месяц май, Когда все птицы пели, Я ей сказал, что я её Люблю на самом деле.
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Confirmed with К. Д. Бальмонт, Из Мировой Поэзии, Берлин: Изд. Слово, 1921, page 152.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 1
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-08-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 34