by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)
't Was in de blijde mei
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)
't Was in de blijde mei, ei, ei, 't was in de blijde mei! En, kommend achter 't land gegaan, ['k]1 zag all de blijde [blomkens]2 staan: 't was in de blijde mei, ei, ei, 't was in de blijde mei!
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View original text (without footnotes)Spelling changes used by Lambrechts-Vos: blomkens -> blomkes
Spelling changes used by Simonart: blomkens -> bloemkes
1 omitted by Van Nuffel
2 Van Nuffel: "bloempjes"
Text Authorship:
- by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), written 1860 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "In de blijde mei", 1991 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from Kleengedichtjes, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jan Broeckx (1880 - 1966), "'t Was in de blijde Mei " [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Noël Cabus (1923 - 2000), "'t Was in de blijde mei", 1961 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frits Celis (b. 1929), "Meizang", 1949 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by P. Cohn , "'t Was in de blijde mei" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joris De Bom , "'t Was in de blijde mei" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jan Decadt (1914 - 1995), "De blijde mei", 1952 [ children's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Jan Frans De Hovre (1868 - 1931), "'t Was in de blijde mei " [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurits Deroo , "'t Was in de blijde Mei!", op. 57 no. 2 (1950) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frans C. D'Haeyer (1889 - 1971), "'t Was in de blijde Mei", 1916 [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frans C. D'Haeyer (1889 - 1971), "'t Was in de blijde mei!", 1916 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Attie Dyserinck , "'t Was in de blijde Mei", op. 14 no. 4 [ voice and piano or organ ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Roza Grangé , "'t Was in de blijde Mei" [ vocal duet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anna Catharina Lambrechts-Vos (1876 - 1932), "'t Was in de blijde Mei", op. 52 no. 3 (1914) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anna Catharina Lambrechts-Vos (1876 - 1932), "'t Was in de blijde mei", op. 49 no. 4 [ voice and piano ], from Liederen op gedichten van Guido Gezelle, no. 4, Amsterdam : De Nieuwe Muziekhandel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868 - 1952), "Blijde mei", 1938 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. A. Noske , "'t Was in de blijde Mei" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mario van Overeem (1872 - 1946), "'t Was in de blijde mei", op. 29 no. 9 (1924) [ voice and piano ], from Tien zangstukken, no. 9, Bruxelles [Brussel] : Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gust Persoons (1905 - 1971), "Blijde Mei" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Herman Roelstrate (1925 - 1985), "'t Was in de blijde mei ", op. 8 no. 3 (1949) [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Röntgen (1898 - 1969), "'t Was in de blijde mei" [ voice, women's chorus and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gaston Simonart , "'t Was in de blijde mei" [ voice, unaccompanied ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marcel Thys , "'t Was in de blijde mei" [ voice, unaccompanied ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jef Tinel (1885 - 1972), "'t Was in de blijde Mei", 1939 [ children's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Van Landeghem (b. 1954), "'t Was in de blijde mei" [ four-part mixed chorus and Breughel bagpipes ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules Van Nuffel (1883 - 1953), "'t Was in de blijde Mei" [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Omer Van Puyvelde (1912 - 1980), "'t Was in de blijde mei", 1941 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Catharina Van Rennes (1858 - 1940), "'t Was in de blijde mei ", op. 52 no. 3 (1904), published 19--? [ voice and piano ], from Kleengedichtjes, no. 3, Utrecht : Jac. van Rennes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jos Watelet (1881 - 1951), "'t Was in de blijde Mei", 1917 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johan Weegenhuise (b. 1910), "'t Was in de blijde mei" [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-06-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 43