by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)
Willkommen schöner Jüngling!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Willkommen schöner Jüngling! Du Wonne der Natur! Mit deinem Blumenkörbchen Willkommen auf der Flur! Ey! ey! Da bist [ja]1 wieder! Und bist so [lieb und schön]2! Und freun wir uns so herzlich, Entgegen dir zu gehn. Denkst auch noch an mein Mädchen? Ey lieber denke doch! Dort liebte mich das Mädchen, Und 's Mädchen liebt mich noch! Fürs Mädchen manches Blümchen [Erbat ich mir]3 von dir - Ich komm' und bitte wieder, Und du? - du giebst es mir? Willkommen schöner Jüngling! Du Wonne der Natur! Mit deinem Blumenkörbchen Willkommen auf der Flur.4
F. Schubert sets stanzas 1-4 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
F. Schubert sets stanzas 1-4 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Friederich Schiller, Zweiter Theil, Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig, 1805, bei Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, pages 140-141.
First published in Anthologie auf das Jahr 1782, anonymously edited by Schiller with the fake publishing information "Gedrukt in der Buchdrukerei zu Tobolsko", actually published by Johann Benedict Metzler in Stuttgart, pages 123-124. This poem has "M." as the author's name.
1 Schubert (D. 283 only): "du"2 Schubert (D. 283 only): "schön und lieb"
3 Schiller (Anthologie): "Erbettelt' ich"
4 Schiller's fifth stanza is a copy of the first. Schubert omits it in D. 283, in D. 338 and in the first version of D. 587. In the second version of D 587 he includes it and repeats also the second stanza.
Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "An den Frühling", written 1782, first published 1782 [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 Conrad Baden (1908 - 1989), "Frühlingslied", op. 2 (Eleven Songs for Soprano and Piano) no. 1 (1930-5) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich von Boyneburgk , "An den Frühling" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Czerny , "An den Frühling" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Józef Elsner (1769 - 1854), "An den Frühling" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Gottlieb Erfurt (1807 - 1856), "An den Frühling", c1829 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst II, Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (1818 - 1893), "Willkommen, schöner Jüngling!", published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Wilhelm Ferdinand Gäbler (1846 - 1914), "An den Frühling", op. 27 (Acht Chorlieder (Frühling-, Sommer-, Herbst- und Winter-Lieder) für gemischten Chor), Heft 1 (Zwei Frühlingslieder) no. 1, published 1890 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Gerson (1790 - 1825), "An den Frühling", G. 165 (1819) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Friedrich Johann Girschner (1794 - 1860), "An den Frühling ", published 1838 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6, Berlin, Ende [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Haslinger (1816 - 1868), "An den Frühling", op. 45 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- possibly by Felix Jäger , "An den Frühling" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (1847 - 1902), "An den Frühling", op. 12 (3 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Seitz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "An den Frühling", op. 1 (Acht deutsche Lieder) no. 2 (1828), published 1831 [ voice and piano ], München, Falter und Sohn, note: published without an opus number; designated by Lang in 1867 as opus 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oskar Merikanto (1868 - 1924), "An den Frühling", op. 38 no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ignaz von Mosel (1772 - 1844), "An den Frühling", published c1820/1 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Adolf Papendiek (1839 - 1908), "An den Frühling" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Eduard Pax (1802 - 1867), "An den Frühling" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "An den Frühling" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Ries (1784 - 1838), "An den Frühling", op. 7 no. 6, published 1810 [ voice and piano or guitar ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Isidor Rosenfeld (1812 - 1880), "An den Frühling ", op. 11, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, E. Challier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "An den Frühling", D 245, note: D. 245 has been removed and included as the second version in D. 587. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "An den Frühling", op. posth. 172 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, D 283 (1815), published 1865, stanzas 1-4 [ voice, piano ], first setting [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "An den Frühling", D 338 (1816?), published 1891, stanzas 1-4 [ vocal quartet for 2 tenors and 2 basses ], second setting [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "An den Frühling", D 587 (1817), published 1885 [ voice, piano ], third setting (2 versions), first version with 2 double stanzas, second version with 3 double stanzas (i.e. first double stanza repeated) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by H. Stümer , "An den Frühling", op. 3 no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "An den Frühling ", op. 144 no. 3, published 1864 [ soprano and piano ], from Dichtungen von Fr. von Schiller, für eine Singstimme und zwei Singstimmen mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. V. Theimer , "An den Frühling", op. 3 no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan de lente", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Welcome, handsome youth", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au printemps", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Alla Primavera", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Lewis Grenville) , "A la primavera", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 93