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by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887)

Vor meinem Fenster regt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Vor meinem Fenster regt
  Die alte Linde
Das dunkle Haupt, bewegt
  Vom Morgenwinde.

O Linde, treuer Baum,
  Was soll dein Schütteln?
Willst du aus süßem Traum
  Mein Herze rütteln?

Ach hin, ja hin und her --
  Wenn ich's nur wüßte,
Ob er so immer wär',
  Als da er mich küßte, 

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Text Authorship:

  • by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887), "Wenn ich's nur wüßte", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Lieder, no. 43 [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 Robert Fischhof (1856 - 1918), "Die Linde", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Wenn ich's nur wüsste", op. 26 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Wenn ich's nur wüsste", op. 29 no. 5, published 1878 [ men's chorus ], from Sechs Lieder im Volkston für Männerchor, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emil Link , "Wenn ich nur wüsste", op. 17 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-05-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 49

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