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Kein' bess're Lust in dieser Zeit

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Kein' [bess're]¹ Lust in dieser Zeit,
Als durch den Wald zu dringen,
Wo Drossel singt und Habicht schreit,
Wo Hirsch' und Rehe springen.

O säss' mein Lieb' im Wipfel grün,
Tät' wie 'ne Drossel schlagen!
O spräng' es, wie ein Reh' dahin,
Daß ich es könnte jagen!

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Note: in Kreutzer's score, there is a typo that is repeated: stanza 2, line 1 word 4 is "Leib" instead of "Lieb".

¹ Horneman: "bessere"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Jägerlied", written 1812, appears in Lieder [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) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Jägerlied", op. 3 (Sechs Gesänge für Tenor (oder Sopran)) no. 3, published 1854 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Reinhold Finsterbusch , "Kein' bess're Lust in dieser Zeit", op. 18 (Zwei Lieder für Bass-Stimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 2, published 1887 [ bass and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Friedrich Johann Girschner (1794 - 1860), "Jägerlied", published 1838 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 2, Berlin, Ende [sung text not yet checked]
by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "Jägerlied ", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from 18 Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 9, Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Jägerlied", op. 4 (Seks Digte af H. Heine, L. Uhland og A. von Chamisso) no. 4 (1863-1864), published 1864 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
by Henry Hepple , "Jägerlied", op. 2 (Zwei Lieder für Mezzo-Soprano (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1876 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Hamburg, Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
by Christian Frederik Emil Horneman (1840 - 1906), "Jägerlied", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Jägerlied", op. 23 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, KWV. 9103 no. 3, published 1821? [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Krinninger , "Jägerlied ", op. 14 (Vier Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1880 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Wiener-Neustadt, Wedl [sung text checked 1 time]
by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Kein' bess're Lust in dieser Zeit", published 1832 [ voice and piano ], from Minnefahrt in neun Gesängen von L. Uhland [op. 14 ?], no. 8, München, Falter [sung text not yet checked]
by August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877), "Jägerlied ", op. 6 (Dreizehn Gesänge), Heft 1 no. 4, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Edward Faber Schneider (1872 - 1950), "Jägerlied", op. 6 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Jägerlied", op. 9 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 7, published 1832 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Jägerlied", op. 28 no. 3, published 1890 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Beliebte Männerchöre, no. 3, Leipzig, Oberdörffer [sung text not yet checked]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 48