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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by John W. Grubbs
In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es
Language: German (Deutsch)
In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es Fast jüngfräulich lustbeklommen; Doch die Sonne [lacht]1 herunter: Junger Frühling, sei willkommen! Nachtigall! auch dich schon hör' ich, Wie du flötest selig trübe Schluchzend langgezogne Töne, Und dein Lied ist lauter Liebe!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 240.
1 Hohfeld: "scheint"Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 2 [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 Willem Andriessen (1887 - 1964), "Neuer Frühling", published 1913, from Zwei Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marion Eugénie Bauer (1882 - 1955), "Frühlingslied", op. 4 no. 3, published 1920? [sung text not yet checked]
- by Th. Bredsdorff , "In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Frühlingswesen", op. 16, Heft 1 (Frühling und Liebe) no. 1, published 1833, from Neuer Frühling: Liederkreis von zwölf Gesängen von Heinrich Heine, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Hinrichs (1820 - 1892), "Frühling", op. 4 (Sechs Gedichte von Heinrich Heine) no. 5, published 1864 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Hohfeld (flourished 1884-1895), "Frühlingslied", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge, no. 28, Mainz: Kittlitz-Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "Frühlingslied", op. 1 (Zehn Lieder) no. 4, published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es", op. 20 (Zwölf Lieder), Heft 2 no. 8, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855 - 1913), "In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder) no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Halle, Karmrodt [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es", op. 21 no. 3, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Nachtigallen-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Barth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Levinsohn (d. c1907), "Frühlingslied", op. 2 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1866 [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Lynen , "In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es", from Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph Bernhard Marx (1795 - 1866), "In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es", op. 14 (Ein Frühlingsspiel in drei mal drei Gedichten), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1845 [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877), "In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es", op. 26 (Zwölf Gesänge für eine Singstimme und Piano), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Frühlingslied III", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder von Heine) no. 3, published 1856 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Schoene , "Frühlingslied", from Zwölf Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Sering (1822 - 1901), "In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es", op. 9 (Zwei Gesänge) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oscar Nathan Straus (1870 - 1954), "In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es", op. 16 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mario Van Overeem , "In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es", from Neuer Frühling: 44 Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie Vanden Heuvel , "In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es", published 1926, from Heine-Idyllen, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Severin Warteresiewicz (1852 - 1923), "Frühlingslied", op. 1 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Woeltge , "In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Ferdinand Würst (1824 - 1881), "In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es", op. 39 (Drei Gesänge für eine mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1862 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Würz (1885 - 1965), "In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es" [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title ; composed by Boris Sergeyevich Maizel'.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , no title ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky, Pavel Ivanovich Senitsa.
- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John W. Grubbs) , "Spring song", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Valter Juva) , "Metsä vihannoi ja silmuu"
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dans la forêt tout pousse et verdit", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: John W. Grubbs , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 39
Spring song
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
In the forest it blooms and greens almost virginally full of desire; yet the sun laughs down: young Spring, welcome! Nightingale, I already hear how you sing, blissfully sad, long, sobbing tones, and your song is pure love!
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by John W. Grubbs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 2
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 38