Baronin Colombine ist so zierlich und zart. Ich [zupfe]1 die Mandoline -- leider noch keinen Bart. Baronin Colombine, nimm Dich in Acht: Auf meiner Mandoline sind Funken erwacht. Baronin Colombine, lach' nicht so laut, [Meiner zitternden]2 Mandoline vor Deinem Lachen graut. Baronin Colombine, du nahmst mir meine Ruh'. Ins Wasser die Mandoline -- und mich dazu!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Richard von Schaukal, Verse (1892-1896), Brünn: Druck und Verlag von Rudolf M. Rohrer, 1896, page 74.
Notes provided by Laura Prichard: Columbine [Italian Colombina] is an adroit servant girl character who originated about 1530 in Italian commedia dell’arte (but was rarely masked); her Italian name means “Little Dove.” In French theater, the character became a saucy lady’s maid who scorned the advances of Harlequin and Pierrot.
1 Graener: "zupf'"2 Graener: "Wie's meiner"
Text Authorship:
- by Richard von Schaukal (1874 - 1942), "Zueignung. An die Baronin Colombine", appears in Verse (1892-1896), in Pierrot. Ein Mysterium (Winter 1893) [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 Henk Bijvanck (1909 - 1969), "Baronin Colombine", copyright © 1958 [ bass and piano ], from Drei Balladen, no. 2, Amsterdam: Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "An die Baronin Colombine", op. 46 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1915 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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