I asked: How ever do all the songs

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by Richard Volkmann (1830 - 1889), as Richard Leander

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ich fragte: Wie haben die Lieder all

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich fragte: Wie haben die Lieder all
In deiner Brust nur, o Lerche, Raum?
Wie trägst du auf deinem braunen Gezweig
Nur all die Blüten, o Apfelbaum?

Wie birgst du in deinem bescheid'nen Kelch,
O [Veilchen, nur alle]¹ die Düfte lind?
Sie sprachen: Wie fasset die Liebe all
Dein kleines Herz nur, du Menschenkind?

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• M. Schweikert

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Confirmed with Richard v. Volkmann-Leander, Kleine Geschichten und Gedichte, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., 1920, pages 48-49; title from this publication.

¹ Schweikert: "Veilchen, alle"

Text Authorship:

by Richard Volkmann (1830 - 1889), as Richard Leander, "Ich fragte: Wie haben die Lieder all --", appears in Gedichte, in Kleine Lieder, no. 14 [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 Alexander Ritter (1833 - 1896), "Fragen", op. 9 (Drei kleine Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
by Margarete Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Ich fragte: Wie haben die Lieder all" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Strauch , "Ich fragte, wie haben die Lieder all'", op. 21 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Bauer [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I asked: How ever do all the songs

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I asked: How ever do all the songs
Have room in your breast, oh lark?
How ever do you bear upon your brown branches
All the blossoms, oh apple tree?

How do you harbour in your modest calyx
All the gentle scents, oh violet?
They spoke:  How does your little heart,
Oh human, contain all the love?

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Translations of titles:
"Fragen" = "Questions"
"Ich fragte: Wie haben die Lieder all --" = "I asked: How do all the songs --"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Volkmann (1830 - 1889), as Richard Leander, "Ich fragte: Wie haben die Lieder all --", appears in Gedichte, in Kleine Lieder, no. 14
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This text was added to the website: 2024-09-18
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