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Im Wald, im hellen Sonnenschein Wenn alle Knospen springen, [Da]1 mag ich gerne mittendrein Eins singen. Wie mir zu Muth in Leid und Lust, Im Wachen und im Träumen, Das stimm' ich an aus voller Brust Den Bäumen. Und sie verstehen mich gar fein, Die Blätter alle lauschen, Und fall'n am rechten Orte ein, Mit Rauschen. Und weiter [wandelt]2 Schall und Hall, In Wipfeln, Fels und Büschen. Hell schmettert auch Frau Nachtigall Dazwischen. Da fühlt die Brust am eignen Klang, Sie darf sich was erkühnen -- O [frische Lust: Gesang! Gesang]3 Im Grünen!
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• F. Hensel • J. Raff • B. Randhartinger • H. von Sahr • L. Thuille • H. ZöllnerH. Zöllner sets stanzas 1-2, 5
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Emanuel Geibel. Erste wohlfeile Ausgabe, Nijmegen, AE. Timmerman, 1846, pages 74-75. Modern German would change the spelling "Muth" -> "Mut"
1 Hensel, Raff, Sahr, Thuille: "Dann"2 Raff: "wandert"
3 Randhartinger, Thuille: "frische Luft: Gesang! Gesang"; Zöllner: "frischer, froher Lustgesang"
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 31 [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 Günther Bartel (1833 - 1866), "Im Wald", op. 19 (Vier Lieder für tiefere (oder mittlere) Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1884 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ], Düsseldorf, Modes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Claussen (1843 - 1869), "Im Wald", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für S., A., T. und B.) no. 2, published 1878 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Ehlert (1825 - 1884), "Im Wald, im hellen Sonnenschein ", op. 28 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1862? [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Trautwein? (only 4 and 5 are in Hofmeister) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Erlanger (1842 - 1908), "Im Wald, im hellen Sonnenschein", op. 35 (Drei Lieder für Männerchor) no. 3, published 1877 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Im Wald", op. 13 (5 Sange) no. 5 (1846) [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benjamin Hamma (1831 - 1911), "Im Grünen", op. 17 (Zwölf zweistimmigen Lieder mit Pianoforte zum Gebr. in den Schulen. 2 Hefte. ), Heft 1 no. 6, published 1884 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, G. Lichtenberger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Hecht (1851 - 1932), "Gesang im Grünen", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1890 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Sulzbach [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Im Wald", op. 3 no. 6 (1846), published 1847 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Gartenlieder : Sechs Gesänge für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass, no. 6, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Im Grünen", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1865 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl August Heymann-Rheineck (1854 - 1922), "Im Wald im hellen Sonnenschein", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Im Wald im hellen Sonnenschein", op. 34 (Drei Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Im Wald im hellen Sonnenschein", op. 28 (Acht Lieder von E. Geibel) no. 5, published 1865 [ SATB quartet ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Keller (1838 - 1900), "Im Wald", op. 12 (Neun Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 5, published 1877 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Zürich, Hug  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Halfdan Kjerulf (1815 - 1868), "Im Wald", 1848-68, published [1868] [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from Album for Mandssang, no. 6, Kristiana (Oslo): Carl Warmuth [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Im Grünen", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme und Piano ) no. 3, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Riga, Gebr. Petrick [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Im Wald, im hellen Sonnenschein", op. 111 (12 Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor)) no. 1, published 1861 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Pache (1857 - 1897), "Im Wald, im hellen Sonnenschein", op. 52 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Eulenburg [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Albert Maria) Robert Radecke (1830 - 1911), "Im Wald", op. 17 (Drei Terzette) no. 2, published 1857 [ vocal trio for female voices or three-part women's chorus ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Im Wald, im hellen Sonnenschein", op. 51 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 (1849-50), published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Gesang im Grünen" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Im Wald, im hellen Sonnenschein", op. 6 (Neun Lieder für eine Tenorstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Rudolph Schachner (1821 - 1896), "Gesang im Grünen", op. 30 no. 3, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder-Cyclus von Geibel für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Schläger (1820 - 1885), "Gesang im Grünen von Em. Geibel", op. 33 (Vier Lieder, Dichtungen von Em. Geibel, F. Dahn, L. Pfau und O. Roquette) no. 1, published 1873 [ vocal duet for 2 female voices with piano ], Wien, Haslinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Waldlied", op. 37 (Vierstimmige Männerchöre) no. 4, published 1880 [ four-part men's chorus ], Schleusingen, Glaser  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Steifensand (1820 - 1882), "Im Wald", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1851 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Im Walde", op. 8 no. 2 (1878), from Jugendlieder [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Im Walde", 1878 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Albert Theodor Töpken , "Waldgesang", published 1882 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Vier Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte (Heft II der nachgelassenen Werke), no. 3, Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Catharina Van Rennes (1858 - 1940), "Im Wald", op. 13 no. 8, published 1890 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Im Freien! Acht Duette für Sopran und Alt, no. 8, Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Im Wald, im hellen Sonnenschein", op. 106 (Zwei Duette für Sopran und Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1893 [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Zöllner (1854 - 1941), "Im Wald im hellen Sonnenschein", op. 6 (Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1878, stanzas 1-2,5 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Joel Ayau) , "In the forest, in bright sunshine", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Henri Dupraz) , "Dans la forêt", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2006-11-01
Line count: 20
Word count: 92
In the forest, in bright sunshine, when all the buds spring up, it is right in the middle of there that I like to sing a song. According to my mood, in sorrow and joy, awake and in dreams, I give it voice with full heart to the trees. And they understand me to the letter, the leaves eavesdrop and fall in at the right place, with rustling. And the sound and echo wander farther, through the treetops, rocks, and bushes. Miss Nightingale also blares away brightly in the midst of it all. Then, when the heart hears its own sound, it feels it can do whatever it dares to, oh what a lively pleasure, a song, a song among the greenery.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 31
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-10
Line count: 20
Word count: 122