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by Konrad (or Conrad) Hofmann von Nauborn (1829 - 1874)

Der Frühling glänzt so hell und licht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Frühling glänzt so [hell und]1 licht, 
Du, Menschenkind, was singst du nicht?  --  
O schaue die Berge, o schaue das Thal,
O schaue den Strom im gold'nen Strahl, 
Und den Wald voll Leben, voll Lust und Freud' 
In wonneseliger Maienzeit, 
Wie Alles jubelt, wie Alles spricht: 
Was singst du nicht? 

Mein Herz ist voll, ist übervoll, 
Ich weiß nicht was ich singen soll.  
Ich schaue des Himmels gold'nen Glanz! 
Ich schaue den Frühling, wer fasst ihn ganz! 
Und all' die Lust und all' der Schein 
Dringt in mein zitternd Herz hinein:  --  
O singe, wer da singen will,
Ich lausche still! 

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Confirmed with Deutsche Kunst in Bild und Lied, siebenter Jahrgang, ed. by Albert Traeger, Leipzig: lithographische Institute von J. G. Bach, 1865, page 92.

1 Witt: "hell, so"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

  • by Konrad (or Conrad) Hofmann von Nauborn (1829 - 1874), "Ich lausche still" [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 M. Bosse , "Ich lausche still", published 1874 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], Cöln, Theissen [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Karl Metzger (1827 - 1898), "Was singst du nicht?", op. 123 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Witt (1819 - 1890), "Ich lausche still", op. 30, published 1876 [ baritone and men's chorus ], Königsberg, Jakubowski  [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2020-11-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 101

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