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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

O sahst du den Vater
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
O sahst du den Vater,
o sahst du die Mutter,
o sahst du den Liebsten mein?
Nicht sah ich den Vater,
nicht sah ich die Mutter,
doch sah ich den Liebsten dein.
 
Golden durch die Nacht
Strahlt der Sterne Pracht,
leis verhallt der Glocken Ton!
Voll Sehnsuch harr ich dein,
bald kommt der Liebste mein,
dann wird mir süßer Lohn.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , title 1: "Saw you my father", title 2: "The grey cock", first published 1882
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), "O sahst du den Vater", published 1876 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Denkmale des Volksgesanges. Volkslieder vierstimmig gesetzt (Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass), Heft 1. Schottische Volkslieder, no. 3, Berlin, Simrock [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 60

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