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by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)

Das Bächlein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Bächlein hüpft ins Tal hinein
Welch ein lustig Springen!
Über Stock und über Stein
Rauschend sich zu schwingen!

Wo die blanke Mühle steht,
Führt kein Weg vorüber;
Bächlein spricht ein Stoßgebet,
Stürzt wie toll kopfüber.

Wie sich brausend dreht das Rad,
Lacht der Müller heiter;
Bächlein wandert seinen Pfad
Weit und immer weiter;

Endlich winkt ihm süße Rast,
Müde geht es schlafen,
Wo ein Schiff mit stolzem Mast
Träumend ruht im Hafen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), appears in Lieder und Bilder. Neue Dichtungen, in Kinderlieder für meine Kleinen, first published 1870 [author's text not yet checked 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 Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Das Bächlein", op. 152 no. 18 (1887), published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Liederbuch für Kinder, no. 18 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-05-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 72

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