by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval
Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
Language: German (Deutsch)
Im wunderschönen Monat Mai, Als alle Knospen sprangen, 1 Da [ist]2 in meinem Herzen Die Liebe aufgegangen. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai, Als alle Vögel sangen, 3 Da hab' ich ihr gestanden Mein Sehnen und Verlangen.
R. de Leeuw sets stanza 1
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 112.
1 Lachner adds: "Geweckt von süssen Schmerzen, / Von Sehnsucht sanft umfangen,"2 Ender: "ist auch"
3 Lachner adds: "Die Blüten sich umwanden, / Die Zweige sich umschlangen,"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 1 [author's text checked 2 times 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 August Ritter von Adelburg (1830 - 1873), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 112 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Károly Aggházy (1855 - 1918), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 30 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kiesler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Th. Allekotte , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 32 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Alsleben (1832 - 1894), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 16 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1860 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Constantin C. von Bach , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 37 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Petersburg, Bessel & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 1894?8?, from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 10 (Sechs kleine Lieder) no. 2, published 1848 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rafael Behn , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. M. Benson , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1914 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Two Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nicolai Berendt , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 3 (Vier Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Bergmann (1837 - 1892), "Maienliebe", op. 4 [ vocal trio with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Blume , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 (Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moninia Luax Botsford , "Im Mai" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 33 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Bratfisch (1823 - 1874), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans (August Alexander) Bronsart (1830 - 1913), "Gedicht von Heine", published 1855, from 30 Lieder, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Brosig (1815 - 1887), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 17 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 13 (Zehn Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Georg Chemin-Petit (1832 - 1885), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 26 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Riewe & Thiele [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Decker , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 20 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Deprosse (1838 - 1878), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 26 (Sieben Lieder) no. 6, published 1868 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Dietz (1833 - 1897), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 5 (Drei Lieder von Heine) no. 2, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Victor) Felix von Dwelshauvers-Déry (1869 - 1915), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Catharinus Elling (1858 - 1942), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 16 (Vier Lieder von Heine) no. 2, published 1885 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moriz Ender , "Im Mai", from Drei Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Fiebach (1851 - 1937), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from An Susanne. Lieder der Liebe für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Berlin, (Sulzbach) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Greifswald, Verlag der Academischen Buchhandlung (and later: Leipzig, Leuckart, 1876) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Flury (1896 - 1967), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1949, from 5 Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine und Julius Arent [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Frühlingzyklus, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. Fuchs , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerald M. Ginsburg (b. 1933), "Monat Mai", 2001, published c2003, from Aus Schmerzen zu Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Gollmick (1796 - 1866), "Der Mai und die Liebe", op. 49 (Drei deutsche Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Im Mai", op. 6 no. 1, published 1849 [ voice and piano ], from Fliegende Blätter: Sieben Lieder, no. 1, Berlin, Challier und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder von Burns, Heine, Dehling, Hagendorf, Geibel für Sopran oder Tenor) no. 3, published 1844 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Haeberlein , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 12 (Zweistimmige Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Ch. W. Hahn , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 20 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Knut Håkanson (1887 - 1929), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 1905 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivar Hallström (1826 - 1901), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 1861 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Gardiner Hammond (1874 - 1945), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1903-9, from Heine Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Hartmann (1836 - 1910), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hassenstein (1843 - 1927), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder von Heine, für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1879 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Eberswalde, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Heinefetter (1833 - 1934), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 18 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Heinze (1845 - 1893), "Der wunderschöne Monat Mai", op. 123 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Henkel (1822 - 1899), "Mailiebe", op. 41 (Zwölf Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 6 (1898) [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henrik Hennings (1848 - 1923), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 18 (Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 8, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Kopenhagen, Prior (Leipzig, Kistner) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 1837 [ vocal duet for 2 female voices and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hedwig Hertz , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1867 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Heuchemer (1826 - 1858), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai ", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1858 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie Hinrichs (1828 - 1891), "Im Mai", op. 1 (Neun Gesänge) no. 7, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by K. Hofmann , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 48 [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. A. Holtzmann , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Honndorf (1870 - 1919), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 14 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Vormeyer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oswald Horlacher , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Huber , "Heine-Revue", from Dichter unbekannt, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Homer Corliss Humphrey (1880 - ?), "Im wunderschonen maonat Mai [sic]" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Ivers , "Im Mai" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Janssens (b. 1934), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1976, from Heinrich Heine Song Buch, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Jost (b. 1963), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 2017 [ soprano or tenor, string quartet, flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 1, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 1994-5, published c1998 [ tenor and piano ], from Ein Liederbuch nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Abteilung III, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich [Fritz] Kirchner (1840 - 1907), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 121 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Klassert , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 30 (Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Adolf Klauwell (1851 - 1917), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 30 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (1847 - 1902), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 20 no. 1, published 1870 [ baritone or alto and piano ], from Liebestraum. Cyclus von 6 Gesängen für Bariton oder Alt mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Seitz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joh. Koffka , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 4 no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder von Heine, no. 3, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855 - 1913), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder) no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Halle, Karmrodt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Krežma (1862 - 1881), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Im Mai", op. 17 (Fünf Lieder für eine Sopran- oder Tenorstimme mit Pianoforte und ein 3stimmiger Kanon) no. 3 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Kuczynski (1846 - 1897), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 18--?, from Vierzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Im Mai", op. 33, Heft 1 no. 6, from Sängerfahrt : sechzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolph, Baron von Lauer-Münchhofen (1796 - 1874), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 6 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry J. Lautz , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 3 (Heine-Lieder (Heine-Songs)) no. 1, published 1909, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Lavater (1867 - 1953), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 1 (Six Songs by Heinrich Heine) no. 2, published 1895, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reinbert de Leeuw (b. 1938), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 2003?, stanza 1 [ voice with instrumental ensemble ], from Im wunderschönen Monat Mai : dreimal sieben Lieder nach Schumann und Schubert, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by F. G. Liebing , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Löwenberg , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder von Heine für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Josef Löwenstamm (1843 - 1903), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 1 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Luda , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 9 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by G. W. Mackrodt , "Im Mai", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", fragment [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Monat Mai", op. 12 (3 Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor) no. 1, published 1840 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Darmstadt, Pabst [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Adolf Merkel (1827 - 1885), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Wilhelm Morthenson (b. 1940), "Frühlingslied", published c1987 [ mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Muldrow (b. 1954), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai" [ voice, soprano saxophone, and piano; or voice, trumpet, and guitar ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fredric Myrow , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai" [ soprano, flute, viola, and 2 cellos ], from Vier Lieder im Frühling, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Guido Nakonz (1833 - 1907), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Naumann (1827 - 1888), "Im Mai", op. 4 (Acht Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 21 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 no. 2, published 1888, from Sketchbook : a Group of Songs and Piano Pieces, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gary Noland , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 19 (Four Heine Lieder) no. 2, published 1990 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Christian Georg Pabst (1854 - 1894), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", from Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Chr. R. Petersen , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 12 [ piano and voice ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dávid Popper (1843 - 1913), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger (1815 - 1891), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1865?, from Fünf Lieder von H. Heine, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by James P. Prior , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Frankfurt a/M., Firnberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Renaud , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 2 no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Julius Richter (1810 - 1873), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Hotchkiss Rogers (1857 - 1940), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1908 [ high voice and piano ], from Two poems by H. Heine, no. 1, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 23 (Vier Lieder von H. Heine) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Schäffer (1823 - 1902), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 9 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianofortes ) no. 1, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by G. Scheller , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 1 (Zwölf Lieder), Heft 1 no. 5 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Schnell (? - 1884), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 8 (Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Schreyer , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 48 no. 1 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 1, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alwin Schutzer , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Im Mai", op. 8 (Drei Lieder von H. Heine für Männerquartett) no. 2, published 1873 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], Königsberg i/Pr., Jakubowski [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hilarius Freiherr von Siegroth (1832 - ?), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johan August Söderman (1832 - 1876), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1859 [ voice and piano ], from Heidenröslein : Liederzyklus nach Heine, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet, also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leopold Sprowacker (1853 - 1936), "Madame, ich liebe Sie! : Wiener Lied", op. 119 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Steifensand (1820 - 1882), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", from Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Steinkühler (1821 - 1872), "Im Mai: von Heine" [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871 - 1927), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Junge Liebe : sångcykel, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 6 (Liebeslieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1878 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 55 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 2 no. 4, published 1851 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Wehner (1820 - 1880), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 2 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Werner , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Berlin, Rühle & Hunger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder von Heine, no. 2, London: Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co., also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Album of German Songs (later published as Sixteen German Songs), no. 2, London: Stanley Lucas, Weber & Col.; also reprinted by Recital Publications (Texas) in 1995 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Friedrich Wilhelm (1815 - 1873), "Im Mai" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Winkelmann , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", from Neun Lieder, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Woeltge , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Z. Ziegler , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", from Drei Lieder, no. 2, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
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- by Oscar Strasnoy (b. 1970), "Wir haben viel für einander gefühlt" [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Heine, no. 1
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- Also set in English, a translation by Jacques Ahrem ; composed by William Gardiner Hammond.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Theodore Martin, Sir, KCB KCVO (1816 - 1909) , "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, pages 54-55, first published 1887 ; composed by Alice Barnett, Garnet Wolseley Cox, Henry Kimball Hadley.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Harry Woollett.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937) , "'Twas in the lovely month of May" ; composed by Maude Valérie White.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 1 ; composed by Marcel Bertrand.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Z. Ziegler.
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- Also set in Hebrew (עברית), a translation by Isaac Katznelson ; composed by Samuel Alman.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Bernardino Zendrini (1839 - 1879) ; composed by Guglielmo Andreoli, Luigi Ferrari Trecate.
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Alberto Franchetti.
- Also set in Romanian (Română), a translation by Ștefan Octavian Iosif (1875 - 1914) ; composed by Sabin Vasile Drăgoi.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) , no title ; composed by Nikolai Mikhailovich Ladukhin.
- Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , copyright © ; composed by Andrés Gaos.
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- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation possibly by Fritz Arlberg (1830 - 1896); composed by Johan August Söderman.
- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Larisa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka (1871 - 1913) ; composed by Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En el meravellós mes de maig", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Jan Rot) , "Hoe onwaarschijnlijk mooi is mei", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "In 't wonderschoone meigetij"
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "In mei, die wondermooie maand", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "In the wonderfully beautiful month of May", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , appears in The Poems of Heine Complete, first published 1861
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Month of May", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Suloisessa toukokuussa", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 1, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Στον υπέροχο μήνα του Μαγιού", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Assaf Levitin) (Michal Levitin) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Nel meraviglioso mese di maggio", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , no title, appears in Pieśni Heinego, in Intermezzo, no. 1, first published 1880
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont) , no title
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Ariel E. Ramos) , "En el maravillosamente bello mes de mayo", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "En el mes de mayo, prodigiosamente bello", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: René Slot , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 35
Au splendide mois de mai
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Au splendide mois de mai, alors que tous les bourgeons rompaient l’écorce, l’amour s’épanouit dans mon cœur. Au splendide mois de mai, alors que tous les oiseaux commençaient à chanter, j’ai confessé à ma toute belle mes vœux et mes tendres désirs.
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Note: line breaks have been added to make the prose translation appear in parallel.Text Authorship:
- by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval, no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 1
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Marcel Bertrand (1884 - 1945), "Au moi de mai", published [1914] [medium voice and piano], from Chansons à la bien-aimée : tirées de l'Intermezzo de Henri Heine, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Léon Grus & Cie [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-06-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 43