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O wie sanft die Quelle sich durch die Wiese windet! O wie schön, wenn Liebe sich zu der Liebe findet!
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Authorship
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):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pauline Kroger) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "O how gently the stream", copyright ©
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ô comme la source doucement", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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
O how gently the stream winds through the meadow! O how lovely it is when Love finds Love!
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
- a text in Unknown Language by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, a "Russian-Polish" dance song [text unavailable]
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:25
Line count: 4
Word count: 19