Du meine Seele | Du meine Seele, du mein Herz

Du meine Seele, du mein Herz

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE IRI ITA SPA SPA

Du meine [Seele]¹, du mein Herz,
Du meine [Wonn']², o du mein Schmerz,
Du meine Welt, in der ich lebe,
Mein Himmel du, [darein]³ ich [schwebe]⁴,
O du mein Grab, in das hinab
Ich ewig meinen Kummer gab!
Du bist die [Ruh]⁵, du bist der Frieden,
Du bist [der Himmel,]⁶ mir beschieden.
[Daß du mich liebst]⁷, macht mich mir werth,
Dein Blick hat mich vor mir verklärt,
Du hebst mich liebend über mich,
Mein guter Geist, mein beßres Ich!

B. Bartók sets lines 1-2, 11-12 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information

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Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert's Liebesfrühling, Achte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main: J.D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1872, page 6.

¹ Bartók: "Liebe"
² Schmezer: "Wonne"
³ in some editions, Schmezer "darin"
⁴ Schmezer: "lebe"
⁵ Schmezer: "Ruhe"
⁶ Schumann: "vom Himmel"
⁷ Bartók: "Wenn du mich liebest", Schmezer: "Daß du mich liebest"

Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 3 [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 Nicolas Bacri (b. 1961), "Du meine Seele ", op. 126a no. 1 (2012), first performed 2013 [ voice and piano ], from Drei romantische Liebesgesänge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945), "Du meine Seele, du mein Herz", 1900, published 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 1, Published as a facsimile of the manuscript, Homosassa, Florida: Bartók Records, ed. Ference Bónis [sung text checked 2 times]
by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Du meine Seele", op. 1 (2 Gedichte von Rückert und: die Nonne von Uhland) no. 3, published 1837 [ voice and piano ], Mannheim, Heckel [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Du meine Seele", op. 21 (Sechs Lieder für 2 Singstimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1847 [ vocal duet with piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803 - 1836), "Du meine Seele", op. 12 no. 4, published 1836, from Persische Lieder von Fr. Rückert, no. 4, Berlin, Bethge [sung text not yet checked]
by F. C. (Ferdinand Carl) Füchs (1811 - 1848), "Widmung", op. 33, published 1845 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Wien, Witzendorf [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812 - 1883), "Aus dem Liebesfrühling", op. 32 (Vier Liebeslieder) no. 3 [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann von Haszlinger , "Du meine Seele, du mein Herz", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Du meine Seele", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder von F. Rückert) no. 1, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
by Henry Charles Litolff (1818 - 1891), "Du meine Seele", op. 58 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Mein bessres Ich", op. 106 no. 4, published 1840 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Frühlingsliebe von Fr. Rückert für Sopran oder Tenor, no. 4, Hannover, Nagel [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898?), "Widmung" [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from 3 Gesänge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877), "Du meine Seele, du mein Herz", op. 15 (Neun Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Elise Schmezer (1810 - 1856), "Widmung", op. 7 (Lieder, Romanzen und Balladen, Viertes Heft der Gesänge) no. 3, published c1850 [ high voice and piano ], Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Widmung", op. 25 no. 1 (1840), published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Myrten, no. 1, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945), "Herr! der du alles wohl gemacht", 1900, published 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 6, published as a facsimile of the manuscript, Homosassa, Florida: Bartók Records, ed. Ference Bónis

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Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79