Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein, Wie gern wär ich bei dir, So [fließen]1 zwei tiefe Wasser Wohl zwischen dir und mir. Das bringt mir großen Schmerze, Herzallerliebster G'sell, Red' ich von ganzem Herzen, Habs für groß Ungefall. Hoff' Zeit wird es wohl enden, Hoff' Glück [werd']2 kommen drein, Sich in alls Guts verwenden, Herzliebstes Elselein.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Thiel: "rinnen"
2 Thiel: "wird"
Authorship
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , written 1534 [author's text not yet checked 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) Gustav Brah-Müller (1839 - 1878), "Ach Elslein, liebes Elslein", op. 38 (Zwei altdeutsche Lieder, für 1. Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1874 [voice and piano], Hamburg, Cranz [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Otto Dorn (1848 - 1931), "Altdeutsches Liebeslied", op. 32 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1890 [medium voice and piano], Offenbach, André [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Herzliebstes Elselein", op. 49 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1879 [mixed chorus], Leipzig, Leuckart [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Ludwig Senfl (c1490 - 1543), "Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein", 1534. [SATB quartet a cappella] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Thiel (1862 - 1939), "Elslein", published 1915? [SATB chorus], Leipzig: C.F. Peters [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georg Vierling (1820 - 1901), "Ach Elslein!", op. 7 (Fünf Gedichte) no. 5, published 1851 [voice and piano], Berlin, Schlesinger [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Set in a modified version by Johannes Brahms, Johann Diebold, Robert Franz, Eduard Lassen.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , 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
Researcher for this text: Bart O'Brien
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 54