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by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830 - 1916)
Translation © by Walter A. Aue
Ein kleines Lied, wie geht's nur an
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ein kleines Lied, wie geht's nur an, Daß man so lieb es haben kann, Was liegt darin? erzähle! Es liegt darin ein wenig Klang, Ein wenig Wohllaut und Gesang Und eine ganze Seele.
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Confirmed with Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Gesammelte Schriften , Erster Band, Aphorismen. Parabeln, Märchen und Gedichte, Berlin: Verlag von Gebrüder Paetel, 1893, p. 185.
Authorship:
- by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830 - 1916), "Ein kleines Lied", appears in Aphorismen, Parabeln, Märchen und Gedichte [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Ein kleines Lied", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Ein kleines Lied", op. 60 (Vier Lieder für 3 Frauenstime mit Pianoforte ad lib.) no. 3, published 1895 [ vocal trio of female voices with piano ad libitum ], Berlin, Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leo Blech (1871 - 1958), "Ein kleines Lied", op. 25 no. 1, copyright © 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Liedchen großen und kleinen Kindern vorzusingen, Vierte Folge, no. 1, Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander Cherepnin (1899 - 1977), "Ein kleines Lied", c1970 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich von Eyken (1861 - 1908), "Ein kleines Lied, wie geht's nur an", op. 14 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte ) no. 3, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Finzenhagen , "Ein kleines Lied, wie geht's nur an", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Rathke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Ein kleines Lied", op. 132 (6 Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier) no. 1 (1946) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph (or Josef) Gänsbacher (1829 - 1911), "Ein kleines Lied, wie geht's nur an", op. 8 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Rebay & Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse (1881 - 1944), "Ein kleines Lied", 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Twee liederen, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Harthan (1855 - 1936), "Ein kleines Lied, wie geht's nur an", op. 11 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1890 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leede [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Ein kleines Lied", op. 40 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Camillo Horn (1860 - 1941), "Ein kleines Lied, wie geht's nur an", op. 44 no. 2, published 1906-1913 [ medium voice and piano ], from Kleine Lieder, no. 2, Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Lassel (1861 - 1918), "Ein kleines Lied", op. 5 no. 5 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Lieder siebenbürgischer Komponisten, Book I [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Ludwig (1865 - 1946), "Ein kleines Lied, wie geht's nur an", op. 45 no. 17, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Sängerkrieg. Gesänge und Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 17, Lichterfelde, Ludwig [sung text not yet checked]
- by B. von Luschin , "Ein kleines Lied, wie geht's nur an", published 1901 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Bamberg, Buchners Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Meyer (1864 - 1925), "Ein kleines Lied", op. 16 no. 1, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Liebes-Lust und Leid. Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oscar Meyer (1865 - 1935), "Ein kleines Lied", op. 20 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Firnberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Osumbor , "Ein kleines Lied wie geht's nur an", op. 3 no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 1, Wien, Rebay & Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Pohl , "Ein kleines Lied, wie geht's nur an", published 1890 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran oder Bariton mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "A little song", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "A little song", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-08
Line count: 6
Word count: 34
A little song
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
A little song: what makes it such that one can love it, oh, so much? What is it? Start revealing! It is some pleasant melody, some lovely sound, some harmony - and all of someone's feeling.
Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2010 by Walter A. Aue, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830 - 1916), "Ein kleines Lied", appears in Aphorismen, Parabeln, Märchen und Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2010-03-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 36