Warte noch ein kleines Weilchen
Liebe Sonne, lieber Wind!
Bis die Primeln und die Veilchen
Auf der Wiese kommen sind.

Wasser fließen, Wolken eilen...
Sieh, am Bache erstes Grün!
Liebes Herz, wo [wirst]1 Du weilen,
[Wenn die ersten Rosen]2 blühn?

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¹ Hopffer appears to have "wilst" here (in a later repetition as well)
² Marx: "wann die ersten Veilchen"

Authorship:

• by Julius Rodenberg (1831 - 1914), "Warte noch!", appears in Lieder, in Wanderlieder, in Wesertal [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 Franz Behr (1837 - 1898), "Warte noch ein kleines Weilchen", op. 383 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann Erler , "Zum Abschied", published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Erler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Warte noch", op. 39 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Ludwig) Bernhard Hopffer (1840 - 1877), "Warte noch!", op. 9 (Zwölf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 6, published [1871] [ voice and piano ], Berlin : Mitschler & Röstell - Collection Litolff ; No. 2015 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Warte noch", 1902 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
• by (Albert Maria) Robert Radecke (1830 - 1911), "Warte noch", op. 54 (Sechs Lieder ) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock; title in English is "Wait" and the incipit is "Wait dear winds, dear sure bright glowing" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Warte noch!", op. 107 (Zwei Lieder für eine mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Harry Joelson , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-07-09
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Word count: 40