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by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
Translation © by Bertram Kottmann
Wohin mit der Freud'?
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ach du klarblauer Himmel, und wie schön bist du heut'! Möcht' ans Herz gleich dich drücken [vor]1 Jubel und Freud'. Aber 's geht doch nicht an, Denn du bist mir zu weit, Und mit all' meiner Freud', was fang' ich doch an? Ach du lichtgrüne Welt, und wie strahlst du [vor]1 Lust! Und ich möcht' [mich gleich]2 werfen dir voll Lieb' an die Brust; Aber 's geht doch nicht an, und das ist ja mein Leid, Und mit all' meiner Freud', was fang' ich doch an? Und da [seh']3 ich mein Lieb [unterm Lindenbaum stehn]4, War so klar wie der Himmel, wie die Erde so schön! Und wir küßten uns beid', und wir sangen [vor]1 Lust, Und da hab' ich gewußt, wohin mit der Freud'!
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1 Wolf: "voll"
2 Wolf: "gleich mich"
3 Silcher, Wolf: "sah'"
4 Wolf: "Am Kastanienbaum stehn"
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1 Wolf: "voll"
2 Wolf: "gleich mich"
3 Silcher, Wolf: "sah'"
4 Wolf: "Am Kastanienbaum stehn"
Authorship
- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Wohin mit der Freud", written 1850 [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 Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Wohin mit der Freud'", op. 98 (4 Lieder für eine Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Valentin Eduard Becker (1814 - 1890), "Wohin mit der Freud'", op. 73 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 4, published 1873 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Wohin mit der Freud '?", op. 1 no. 6, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], from Junge Lieder : Erstes Buch, no. 6, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Wohin mit der Freud'", op. 68 (6 Lieder) no. 2, published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Christian Heinrich) Karl Grammann (1842 - 1897), "Wohin mit der Freud'", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Ries & Erler, Berlin [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Kauffmann (1855 - 1943), "Wohin mit der Freud", op. 5 (Vier Gesänge für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1880 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Mahlberg , "Wohin mit der Freud'", op. 30 no. 2, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Wohin mit der Freud'", op. 71 no. 6, published 1878 [ medium voice and piano ], Darmstadt, Thies [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Joseph David Naret-Koning (1838 - 1905), "Wohin mit der Freud!", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Mannheim, Sohler & Donecker [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Wohin mit der Freud'?" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Wohin mit der Freud'?", from 9 Reinick-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Ferdinand Würst (1824 - 1881), "Wohin mit der Freud'", op. 66 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Erler [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Where to go with my joy", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Della gioia, che farne?", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 125
Oh you cloudless blue heavens, what a...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Oh you cloudless blue heavens, what a beautiful sight! May you come to my bosom for my joy and delight! Yet that cannot be done, for too far is your light; and with all my delight, what shall then be done? Oh you wonderful earth, full of green, full of light! I would like to embrace you full of love and delight. That it cannot be done makes me grieve deep inside, and with all my delight, what shall then be done? Then I saw my dear love in the linden tree's shade, oh as bright as the heavens and the earth was the maid. And we hugged and we kissed and we sang with delight, till I knew what I missed: where to take my delight.
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Singable with the Silcher version.Authorship
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2011 by Bertram Kottmann, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Wohin mit der Freud", written 1850
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 127