O wie sanft die Quelle sich (Daumer, set by Johannes Brahms, Anton Rückauf) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

O wie sanft die Quelle sich

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Unknown Language

Available translation(s): CAT DUT DUT ENG FIN FRE ITA

O wie sanft die Quelle sich
durch die Wiese windet!
O wie schön, wenn Liebe sich
zu der Liebe findet!

About the headline (FAQ)

Authorship

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on

a text in Unknown Language by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, a "Russian-Polish" dance song [text unavailable]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "O wie sanft die Quelle sich", op. 52 no. 10 (1869), from Liebesliederwalzer, no. 10. [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "O wie sanft", WoO. 26 (c1865-75), published 1908. [SSAA chorus a cappella] [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Anton Rückauf (1855 - 1903), "O wie sanft die Quelle", op. 8 (Russische Volkspoësien für gemischten Chor mit vierhändiger Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1888 [SSATTBB chorus and piano four-hands], Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:25
Line count: 4
Word count: 20