Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt (Heine) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): ENG FRE

Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt,
Umflattert sie tausendmal,
Ihn selber aber goldig zart
Umflattert der liebende Sonnenstrahl.

Jedoch, in wen ist die Rose verliebt?
Das wüßt' ich gar zu gern.
Ist es die singende Nachtigall?
Ist es der schweigende Abendstern?

Ich weiß nicht, in wen die Rose verliebt;
Ich aber lieb' euch all:
Rose, Schmetterling, Sonnenstrahl,
Abendstern und Nachtigall.

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Authorship

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 7 [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), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 481 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [voice and piano], Offenbach, André [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Gustav Altmann (1865 - 1924), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 10 (Drei Duette) no. 1 [duet for 2 female voices and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Hans Belcsák , "Aus Heine's Neue Gedichte", op. 81 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Joseph Deiller , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 15 no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 38 (Sechs Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 2, published 1867 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 1 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 1872 [voice and piano], Wien, Bösendorfer [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871 - 1937), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 14 (Vier Heine-Lieder = Four Heine Songs) no. 2, published 1899, also set in English [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Julius Hagemann (b. 1863), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 4 no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by G. Hazslinsky , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Hedwig Hertz , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", published 1867 [medium voice and piano], from Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 9 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 20 (Zwölf Lieder), Heft 1 no. 6, published 1876 [voice and piano], Dresden, Hoffarth [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Der Schmetterling", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1838), published 1847 [soprano and piano], Mainz, Schott [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Ida van Malden , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", published 1907 [medium voice and piano], from Vier Lieder, no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by R. Mamlok , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 4 no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Adolph Bernhard Marx (1795 - 1866), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 14 (Ein Frühlingsspiel in drei mal drei Gedichten), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1845 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Franz Mögele (1834 - 1907), "Alles liebet", op. 16 (Drei Lieder für Sopran mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1885 [soprano and piano], Hamburg, Cranz [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by George Posca , "Rosenlied", op. 14 ([Sechs] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [voice and piano], Hamburg, Haring [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Louis Rée (1861 - 1939), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Louis Rée (1861 - 1939), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1890 [mezzo-soprano and piano], Leipzig, Protze [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856 - 1938), "Der Schmetterling", published 1907 [medium voice and piano], from Three German Songs, no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by J. Schaureck , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", published 1882 [voice and piano], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien, Wetzler [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Konrad Schröder , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 1 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Aug. Schumann , "Der Schmetterling", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1884 [voice and piano], Baden-Baden, Sommermeyer [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by M. B. Schwemer , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Moritz Siering (1821 - 1892), "Frühlingslied", op. 16 (Vier Gesänge) no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by A. von Sigmond , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 20, published 1885 [voice and piano], Wien, Gutmann [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 4 (Six Songs of Heine) no. 6, published 1876 [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 5 no. 5, published 1875 [voice and piano], from Rosenlieder. Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Kahnt [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Mario Van Overeem , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", from Neuer Frühling: 44 Lieder, no. 7 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Wenn ich liebe", op. 46 (Sieben Gedichte aus dem 'Neuen Frühling' von Heinrich Heine) no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Ignaz J. Waghalter (1882 - 1949), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 11 no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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Also set in English, a translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, pages 194-5, first published 1887 FRE ; composed by George Frederick Boyle, Garnet Wolseley Cox.
Also set in English, a translation by Alma Strettell (1856 - 1939) FRE ; composed by Henry Kimball Hadley.
Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist FRE ; composed by Christopher Edward Rowley.

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Researcher for this text: Ted Perry

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