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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Zwei Musikanten ziehn daher

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Zwei Musikanten ziehn daher
Vom Wald aus weiter Ferne,
Der eine ist verliebt gar sehr,
Der andre wär es gerne.

[Die]¹ stehn allhier im kalten Wind
Und singen schön und geigen:
Ob nicht ein süßverträumtes Kind
Am Fenster sich wollt' zeigen?

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¹ Herzogenberg: "Sie"

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Vor der Stadt", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder [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 (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Vor der Stadt", op. 22 no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Notturnos, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Richard Trunk (1879 - 1968), "Vor der Stadt", op. 45 (Sieben Eichendorff-Lieder) no. 5, published 1933 [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Vor der Stadt", op. 2 (Dreizehn Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier), Heft 1 no. 7 (1894-6), published 1897 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Musikantengruß", op. 60 no. 2, published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Eichendorff-Zyklus, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Louis Ferdinand, Prinz von Preußen, Bruno Walter, Karl Weigl.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 42

Two musicians arrive here

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Two musicians arrive here
from a forest far away:
one is very much in love,
and the other wishes he were.

They stand here in the cold wind
and sing and play so fairly:
Wouldn't some sweetly dreaming maiden
like to appear at her window?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Vor der Stadt", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 45