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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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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.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Two musicians arrive here", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Gianni Franceschi) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 41
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?
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Vor der Stadt", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 45