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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Veilchen, wie so schweigend
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Veilchen, wie so schweigend,
Wie so still dich neigend
In das grüne Moos!
Veilchen, sag was sinnst du,
Sag mir, was beginnst du,
Scheinst so freudenlos?

„Laß mich! still und bange
Lausch' ich dem Gesange
Jener Nachtigall.
Wenn sie singt, so schweig' ich,
Wenn sie singt, so neig' ich
Ihrem Sang und Schall.”

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Leipzig: Weidmann’sche Buchhandlung, 1843.


Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Veilchen", appears in Kinderlieder [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 Erich Anders (1883 - 1955), "Veilchen, wie so schweigend", op. 20 no. 4, published 1918 [ voice and piano ], from Aus dem Kinderleben. Sieben kleine Lieder nach Gedichten von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, no. 4, Berlin, Jatho-Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Leo Blech (1871 - 1958), "Veilchen", op. 27 no. 1, copyright © 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Liedchen großen und kleinen Kindern vorzusingen, Fünfte Folge, no. 1, Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Ludwig Fischer (1816 - 1877), "Veilchen", op. 16 (Drei Lieder für eine Sopran- oder Tenorstimme mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte) no. 1, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 10 times]
  • by Wilhelm Heiser (1816 - 1897), "Veilchen, wie so schweigend" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Veilchen", 1855-1857 [ voice and piano ], from 7 Lieder, no. 3, MS at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Das Veilchen", op. 7 (Sieben Lieder) no. 4, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Michael Quirin Reiter (1814 - 1875), "Das Veilchen", op. 6 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Violine (Flöte oder Violoncell) und Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1858 [ voice, piano, and violin or flute or cello ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst (Friedrich Karl) Rudorff (1840 - 1916), "Veilchen, wie so schweigend", op. 33 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand Schulz (1821 - 1897), "Veilchen", op. 24 (Zwei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1853 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Damköhler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Otto Taubert (1833 - 1903), "Veilchen", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Köln, Reinhardt [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-28
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Word count: 53

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