Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum | Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum

Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum,
Und jauchzen vor lauter Freude.
Der Peter steht so still und stumm,
Und ist so blaß wie Kreide.

Der Hans und die Grete sind Bräut'gam und Braut,
Und blitzen im Hochzeitgeschmeide.
Der arme Peter die Nägel kaut
Und geht im Werkeltagskleide.

Der Peter spricht leise vor sich her,
Und schaut betrübet auf Beide:
« Ach! wenn ich nicht gar zu vernünftig wär',
Ich thät' mir was zu Leide.»

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• R. Schumann

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Confirmed with Buch der Lieder von Heinrich Heine, zweiundfünfzigste Auflage (52nd edition), Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1882, page 52.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Romanzen, in 4. Der arme Peter, no. 1 [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 Peter Emile Gohr (1842 - 1899), "Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum" [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Der arme Peter, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791 - 1874), "Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum", from Der arme Peter, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Georg Kramm (1856 - 1910), "Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum", op. 6 no. 1, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Der arme Peter, no. 1, Hamburg, Jowien [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Krežma (1862 - 1881), "Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum", 1878, from Der arme Peter, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Langer (1830 - 1889), "Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum", op. 5 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, from Der arme Peter, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Lemcke (1812 - ?), "Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum", op. 2 no. 1, from Der arme Peter, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Mair (1821 - 1893), "Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum", op. 16 no. 1, from Der arme Peter, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Karl Metzger (1827 - 1898), "Hans und Grete", op. 115 no. 2, published 1874 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], from Drei humoristische Quartette für Männerstimmen, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Reisenauer (1863 - 1907), "Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum", op. 13 (Balladen und Romanzen) no. 2, from Der arme Peter, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Albert Rubenson (1826 - 1901), "Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum", from Der arme Peter (Med lust och fröjd) , no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Der arme Peter", op. 18, published 1877 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Schleusingen, Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum", 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Der arme Peter, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Johan August Söderman (1832 - 1876), "Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum", published 1870 [ voice and orchestra or piano ], from Der arme Peter, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Der arme Peter", op. 53 (Romanzen und Balladen für Singstimme und Klavier (Heft 3)) no. 3 (1840), published 1845 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Maurice Dufresne (d. 1953) ; composed by Tibor Harsányi.
Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Amilcare Ponchielli.
Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by P. Karaban ; composed by Valery Aleksandrovich Gavrilin.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Maurice Dufresne)

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 75

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