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Frohe Lieder will ich singen Und vergessen [allen]1 Schmerz, Und ich will mich fröhlich schwingen Mit der Lerche himmelwärts. Denn der Frühling hat [mir]2 wieder Aufgethan [sein]3 [reiches]4 Herz, Und so steigen meine Lieder Mit [der Lerche]5 himmelwärts. Und es lauschen rings auf Erden Knosp' und [Blüthe, Stein]6 und Erz: Sollt' es [dir nur kund nicht werden, Wie dich liebt mein frohes]7 Herz?
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Neunte Auflage, Berlin: G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1887, page 112.
1 Kleffel or Ries: "meinen" (needs to be checked)2 Randhartinger: "uns"
3 Lachner: "mein"
4 Merxhausen (Decker): "weiches"
5 Lachner: "den Lerchen"
6 Merxhausen (Decker): "Blüth' und Stein"
7 Merxhausen (Decker): "nie denn kund dir werden / Wie dich liebt mein ganzes"
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, no. 150 [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 Franz Biebl (1906 - 2001), "Frohe Lieder will ich singen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pauline von Decker (1811 - 1882), as Paul Friedrich Merxhausen, "Frohe Lieder will ich singen", published 1865? [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 2, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Müller [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Deprosse (1838 - 1878), "Frohe Lieder", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Frühlingslied", op. 7 (Sieben Lieder) no. 6, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Frohe Lieder will ich singen", op. 152 (Sechs Lieder für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1876 [ alto and piano ], Leipzig, Seitz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Frohe Lieder will ich singen" [ voice, cello, piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Singstimme, Violoncell und Fortepiano, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Frohe Lieder will ich singen", op. 116 no. 2, published 1863 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Lührss (1824 - 1882), "Frohe Lieder will ich singen", op. 34 (Sechs Chorlieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 6, published 1862 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Kitzner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Möhring (1816 - 1887), "Frohe Lieder will ich singen", op. 14 (Vier zweistimmige Lieder für Sopran und Alt mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1845 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Berlin, Trautwein und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Frühlingslied" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Ries (1846 - 1932), "Frohe Lieder will ich singen", op. 8 (6 Lieder für Sopran) no. 6, published 1869 [ soprano and piano ], Bielefeld, Sulzer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Samson , "Frohe Lieder will ich singen", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. I. Reihe, Heft I, no. 5, Dresden, Arnold [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Wendel , "Frohe Lieder will ich singen", op. 5 no. 3, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Kleine Blumen, kleine Blätter. Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 70
I want to sing happy songs And to forget all my pain, And I want to sail joyfully, With the lark, toward the heavens. For spring has once again Opened its abundant heart, And thus my songs mount With the lark, toward the heavens. And listening on the earth, 'round about, Bud and bloom, stone and ore: Could you not know How much my glad heart loves you?
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Translations of title(s):
"Frohe Lieder" = "Happy songs"
"Frohe Lieder will ich singen" = "I want to sing happy songs"
"Frühlingslied" = "Song of Spring"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, no. 150
This text was added to the website: 2023-04-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 68