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by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif

Weiße Rosen, weiße Rosen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weiße Rosen, weiße Rosen, 
Ach, wie blüht ihr doch so spät, 
Längst zu küssen und zu kosen 
Nimmermehr dies Herz versteht! 

O wie stand es, o wie stand es 
Anders in der Maienzeit, 
Damals, damals wohl empfand es, 
Liebe, deine Seligkeit. 

Weiße Rosen, weiße Rosen, 
Ach, wie blüht ihr doch so spät, 
Längst zu küssen und zu kosen 
Nimmermehr dies Herz versteht! 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, "Weiße Rosen", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder [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 Robert von Hornstein (1833 - 1890), "Weisse Rosen, ach, wie blüht ihr doch so spät", op. 49 (Sopranlieder) no. 15, published 1882 [ soprano and piano ], Stuttgart, Kröner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fritz Kögel , "Weisse Rosen, weisse Rosen, ach wie blüht ihr doch so spät", op. 5 (Zwölf Gedichte von Martin Greif für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 11, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 62

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