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Ich will von Atreus' Söhnen, Von Kadmus will ich singen! Doch meine Saiten tönen Nur Liebe im Erklingen. Ich tauschte um die Saiten, Die Leier möcht ich tauschen! Alcidens Siegesschreiten Sollt ihrer Macht entrauschen! Doch auch die Saiten tönen Nur Liebe im Erklingen! So lebt denn wohl, Heroen! Denn meine Saiten tönen Statt Heldensang zu drohen, Nur Liebe im Erklingen.
Authorship:
- by Franz Seraph Ritter von Bruchmann (1798 - 1867) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) possibly by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Paul Mirsch , "An die Leier", op. 1 (Drei Gesänge für Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1884 [ baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "An die Leier", op. 56 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, D 737 (1822/3), published 1826 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Lodewijk Mortelmans.
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- Also set in English, a translation by John Berkenhead (1617 - 1679) ; composed by Henry Lawes.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Meinecke (1745 - 1825) , "Die Leyer" ; composed by Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875) , "Verschiedener Krieg", appears in Anakreontische Lieder, no. 2 [an adaptation] ; composed by Fritz Schieri.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A la lira", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan de lier", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To the lyre", copyright ©
- ITA Italian (Italiano) [singable] (Jakob Nikolaus Craigher de Jachelutta) , "Alla cetra (Anacreontica)"
Researcher for this text: Richard Morris
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 60
Of Atreus' sons, And of Cadmus I wish to sing! But my strings sound out only love in their tones. I have changed the strings, and I would even switch lyres! Alcides' victory march should roar forth in its might! Yet even these new strings sound out only love in their tones! So be well, then, heroes! For my strings will sound out, instead of suspenseful, heroic song, only love in their tones.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Seraph Ritter von Bruchmann (1798 - 1867) [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) possibly by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 73