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by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Ich hab' eine alte Muhme
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich [hab']1 eine alte Muhme, [Die'n]2 altes Büchlein hat, Es liegt in dem alten Buche Ein altes, dürres Blatt. So dürr [ist wohl auch die Hand schon]3, [Die ihr's im Lenz einst]4 gepflückt. -- Was mag doch die Alte haben? Sie weint, [so oft]5 sie's erblickt? --
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Anastasius Grün Blätter der Liebe, Stuttgart: Druck und Verlag von Gebrüder Franckh, 1830, page 64 (also consulted Gedichte von Anastasius Grün, Vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig: Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1843, page 34; where the poem has the title "Das Blatt im Buche.")
1 Schultz: "hatte"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "Die ein"
3 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "sind wohl auch die Hände"
4 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "Die's einst im Lenz ihr"
5 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "wenn"
Text Authorship:
- by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün, no title, appears in Blätter der Liebe, in Zweite Liebe, no. 9 [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 Albert Felix, Graf Amadei (1851 - 1894), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 8 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 tiefere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1886 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Bohm (1844 - 1920), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 326 (Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 62, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pauline von Decker (1811 - 1882), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 11, published [1873] [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emil Ehrismann , "Ich hab' eine alte Muhme", published 1876 [ high voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Johann Eichberg (1855 - 1919), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 10 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Eulenburg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luisa Erdődy, née Drasche-Wartimberg, Countess , as Luisa Lios, "Das Blatt im Buche", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from [23] Lieder und Gesänge, no. 25, Wien, Rosé [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luisa Erdődy, née Drasche-Wartimberg, Countess , as Luisa Lios, "Das Blatt im Buche" [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 4 (6 Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier) no. 2 (1921) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Frommer (1868 - 1914), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 29 (Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1895 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Gotthelf (1857 - 1930), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 4 no. 1, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], from Stimmungsbilder. [Vier] Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 28 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bornemann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Hofmann , "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 37 (Vier Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1881 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 4 (Zwei Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Prag, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Ich hab' eine alte Muhme", op. 76 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Rudolstadt, Müller [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Lohse (1858 - 1925), "Das Blatt im Buche", published 1910 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George W. Marston (1840 - 1901), "Das Blatt im Buche", published 1890 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Album für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Leipzig, A.P. Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Müller (1841 - 1907), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder für 1 tiefere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1881 [ low voice and piano ], Hamburg, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oskar C. Posa (1873 - 1951), "Das Blatt im Buche", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruno Ramann (1832 - 1897), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 18 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Piano) no. 4, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 15 (Zehn Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 (1894), published 1895 [ medium voice and piano ], London, Augener & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Julius Richter (1810 - 1873), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Ries (1846 - 1932), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 8 (6 Lieder für Sopran) no. 2, published 1869 [ soprano and piano ], Bielefeld, Sulzer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Rottenberg (1864 - 1932), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Wien. Rebay & Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Rückauf (1855 - 1903), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 23 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 24 (Sieben Lieder für Mezzosopran mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 3, published 1869 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Schultz , "Ich hatte eine alte Muhme", op. 1 ([Sechs] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt; note: this might be the wrong text for this title [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Schulz , "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 33 (Zwei Duette für 2 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ vocal duet with piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard, Freiherr von Seldeneck (1831 - 1886), "Das Blatt im Buche", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Beglteitung des Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Eulenburg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Tofft (1865 - 1931), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 9 no. 3, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Erotische Blätter. 5 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Walter , "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 18 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Bosworth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Severin Warteresiewicz (1852 - 1923), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Wihtol (1863 - 1948), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 5 (3 Lieder) no. 1 (<<1895) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 48 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1876 [ alto and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Peter Donderwinkel , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 46
I have an old aunt
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
I [have]1 an old aunt, Who has a small, old book, In the old book there lies An old, dried leaf. The [hand]2 that once picked it for her in springtime [Is]3 likely just as [dry already]4. -- Whatever could be amiss with the old woman? She weeps [whenever]5 she sees it? --
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Das Blatt im Buche" = "The leaf in the book"
"Ich hab' eine alte Muhme" = "I have an old aunt"
"Ich hatte eine alte Muhme" = "I had an old aunt"
2 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "hands"
3 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "are"
4 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "dry"
5 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "when"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün, no title, appears in Blätter der Liebe, in Zweite Liebe, no. 9
This text was added to the website: 2024-01-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 52