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by (Borromäus Sebastian Georg) Karl Reginald Herloß (1804 - 1849), as Karl Herloßsohn

Ob ich Dich liebe? Frage die Sterne
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ob ich Dich liebe? [Frage]1 die Sterne,
Denen [ich oft]2 meine [Klagen]3 vertraut.
Ob ich Dich liebe? Frage die Rose,
Die ich Dir sende, von [Thränen]4 bethaut.

Ob ich Dich liebe? Frage die Wolken,
Denen ich oft meine Botschaft vertraut.
Ob ich Dich liebe? Frage die Wellen:
Ich hab' in jeder Dein Bildniß geschaut. --

Wenn Du mich liebtest, [himmlisches Mädchen]5,
O dann [gestände ich Dir es auch laut]6:
Wie ich Dich liebe, daß ich Dich nenne
Stets meinen Engel und [bald meine Braut]7.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Preis •   S. Zimmermann 

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Confirmed with C. Herloßsohn, Buch der Liebe. Nebst einen Anhange, Leipzig: Fest'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1842, page 1.

1 Orth: "O frage", further changes may exist, not noted above.
2 Koczalski: "ich"
3 Zimmermann: "Klage"
4 Koczalski: "Thrän'"
5 Koczalski: "O holder Jüngling"
6 Koczalski: "gestände ich dir es laut"; Preis: "geständ' ich es dir auch laut"; Zimmermann: "geständ' ich Dir es auch laut"
7 Koczalski: "..."

Text Authorship:

  • by (Borromäus Sebastian Georg) Karl Reginald Herloß (1804 - 1849), as Karl Herloßsohn, "Irene", appears in Buch der Liebe, in Lieder der Liebe [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Irene", op. 39 no. 2, published 1846, from 7 Lieder aus dem Buche der Liebe, von C. Herlosssohn, no. 2, Stuttgart : Göpel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexander Fesca (1820 - 1849), "Ob ich dich liebe! ", op. 39 (Drei Lieder für Alt oder Bariton und Piano) no. 2, published 1846 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Braunschweig, Meyer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Ob ich dich liebe?", op. 2 (6 Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor) no. 1, published 1843 [ voice and piano or guitar ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Raoul Koczalski (1884 - 1948), "Ob ich dich liebe?", op. 60 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Netzer (1808 - 1864), "An Irene" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Philipp Orth (1844 - 1903), "Ob ich dich liebe, o frage die Sterne", op. 10 (Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 2, published 1878 [ ttbb chorus ], Darmstadt: Georg Thies [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hugo Preis , "Irene" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Irene", op. 165 no. 3, published 1842 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Freiherr von Romaszkan , "Ob ich dich liebe", op. 2 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Bösendorfer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Thomas Täglichsbeck (1799 - 1867), "Ob ich dich liebe", op. 23 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran oder Bariton mit Pianoforte ) no. 6, published 1846 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Stuttgart, Göpel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Simon Anton Zimmermann (1807 - 1876), "An sie", op. 49 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2012, (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: 2011-02-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 92

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