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In grüner Landschaft Sommerflor, Bei kühlem Wasser, Schilf, und Rohr, Schau, wie das Knäblein Sündelos Frei spielet auf der Jungfrau Schoß! Und dort im Walde wonnesam, Ach, grünet schon des Kreuzes Stamm!
Authorship
- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Auf ein altes Bild" [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Auf ein altes Bild", 2009 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Auf ein altes Bild", op. 13 (Acht Lieder) no. 3 (1999) [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Auf ein altes Bild", op. 15 (Sechs Gesänge für vierstimmigen Frauenchor a capella) no. 4 (1892), published 1892 [women's chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Auf ein altes Bild", op. 11 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1868 [low voice and piano], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Günter Klinzing (b. 1930), "Auf ein altes Bild", published 1995 [high voice and piano], from Vier Gedichte zu den Jahreszeiten von Eduard Mörike, no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Auf ein altes Bild", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 23 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A una imatge antiga", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "To an old picture", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Catherine Beloin) , "Sur un vieux tableau", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Sur un tableau ancien", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Su un quadro antico", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Martin Zubiria) , "A una imagen antigua", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Nel paesaggio verde d'un prato estivo, presso acque fresche e canneti, guarda come il Bimbo senza peccato gioca in grembo alla Vergine! E là, nel bosco delizioso - ahimè - cresce già il legno della Croce!
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2008 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Auf ein altes Bild"
This text was added to the website: 2008-05-12
Line count: 6
Word count: 36