Du feuchter Frühlingsabend (Geibel) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Du feuchter Frühlingsabend

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT ENG ENG FRE FRE

Du feuchter Frühlingsabend,
Wie hab' ich dich so gern!
Der Himmel ist wolkenverhangen,
Nur hier und da ein Stern.

[Wie]¹ leiser Liebesodem
Hauchet [so lau]² die Luft,
Es steigt aus allen [Talen]³
Ein warmer [Veilchenduft]⁴.

Ich möcht' ein Lied ersinnen,
Das diesem Abend [gleich]⁵,
Und kann den Klang nicht finden,
So dunkel, mild und weich.

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¹ in some versions, Geibel has "Ein"
² omitted by Végh
³ Viardot-García: "Tälern"
⁴ in some versions, Geibel has "Frühlingsduft"
⁵ Végh: "gleicht"

Authorship

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Im April", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lübeck und Bonn [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Am Abend", 1904-5 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 20 [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), "Im April", WAB. 75 (1868), published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Vienna: Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
by J. Ludwig Bruhns , "Im April", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Lübeck, Kaibel [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Burger , "Im April", op. 27 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
by Miquel Capllonch (1861 - 1935), "Im April", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Luckhardt's Musik-Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Rich. Eckhold , "Im April", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Ries [sung text not yet checked]
by Otto Fiebach (1851 - 1937), "Im April", published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from An Susanne. Lieder der Liebe für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 13, Berlin, (Sulzbach) [sung text not yet checked]
by Leo Grill (1846 - 1919?), "Im April ", op. 5 (Sieben Lieder für S., A., T. und B.) no. 4, published 1874 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl August Heymann-Rheineck (1854 - 1922), "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Hofmann , "Im April", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 6 no. 1 (1862), published 1862 [ voice and piano ], from Der Ungenannten. Minneweisen, nach E. Geibel, no. 1, Leipzig, Senff [sung text checked 1 time]
by Richard Kleinmichel (1846 - 1901), "Im April ", op. 29 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
by Clara von Könitz , "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 7 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Emil Krause (1840 - 1916), "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 49 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
by Otto Ladendorff , "Im April", op. 15 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Im April", op. 46 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 9 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Lewy (1823 - 1883), "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 54 no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by George W. Marston (1840 - 1901), "Im April", published 1890 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Album für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 13, Leipzig, A.P. Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Im April", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1890-1) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ernst (Friedrich Karl) Rudorff (1840 - 1916), "Im April", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1864 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
by Julius Schäffer (1823 - 1902), "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 9 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianofortes ) no. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
by Otto Schmidt , "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 13 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Im April ", op. 69 (Drei Lieder für Alt oder Bass mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1863 [ alto or bass and piano ], Berlin, Mendel [sung text not yet checked]
by János Végh (1845 - 1918), as Johann Végh, "Im April", 1868, published 1869 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte, Heft 2, no. 8, Pest: Táborszky & Parsch; Wien: F. Wessely; Leipzig: Fr. Hofmeister, Nr. 72 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Im April", VWV: 1102 (1836) [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Moritz Weyermann (flourished 1872), "Im April ", op. 25 (Zehn Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Marie Wieck (1832 - 1916), "Frühlingsabend", published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Abendlieder von Em. Geibel für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883) , "Весенний вечер" ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.

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Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jakob Kellner , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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