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by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)

Die Nachtigall
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Nachtigall
Singt überall,
Auf grünen Reisen,
Die besten Weisen,
Tönt süße Ruh
Den Leuten zu.

Der grüne Wald
Und Busch erschallt
Von ihrer Minne.
Mit frohem Sinne
Hört jedermann
Den Vogel an.

Ich, leider, nicht,
Es bricht, es bricht,
Trotz allen Fugen,
So Vögel schlugen,
Vor Minneschmerz,
Mein armes Herz.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty's Sämtliche Werke kritisch und chronologisch herausgegeben von Wilhelm Michael, Erster Band, Weimar, Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1914, page 133; and with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Nebst Briefen des Dichters herausgegeben von Karl Halm. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1869, page 158.

This is the original version of Hölty's poem. It has first been published in a heavily reworked version by Johann Heinrich Voß; see below.


Text Authorship:

  • by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Die Nachtigall", written 1773 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Der Mädchen Frühlingslied", op. 92 (3 Gesänge für 3 Frauenstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1860 [ vocal trio for 3 female voices with piano ], Leipzig, Heinze [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Hille (1822 - 1891), "Der Mädchen Frühlingslied ", op. 38 (Drei Lieder für 4 weiblichen Stimmen) no. 2, published 1874 [ vocal quartet for female voices with piano ], Hannover, Nagel ; note: this may be the wrong text for this title. The incipit in Hofmeister is "Die Nachtigall singt" [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Gustav Blasser, Moritz Hauptmann, Fanny Hensel, Friedrich Ludwig Æmelius Kunzen, Albert Meyer, Franz Xaver Mozart, Louis Victor Franz Saar, Franz Peter Schubert, Johann Xaver Sterkel.

  • Go to the text. [ view differences ] CAT DAN DUT ENG FRE

Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-10-14
Line count: 18
Word count: 51

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