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by Eduard Maria Oettinger (1808 - 1872)

Ich wollt, ich wär ein Vogel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich wollt, ich wär ein Vogel
Dann säng ich Tag und Nacht
All jene kleinen Lieder
Die ich für dich erdacht.

Und jeder neue Morgen 
Prächt' ich ein neues Lied
Aus meinem treuen Herzen,
Das nur für dich erglüht.

Und wenn nur eins gefiele,
Wie glücklich würd' ich sein,
Der größte Schatz der Erde,
Die ganze Welt wär mein.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eduard Maria Oettinger (1808 - 1872), "Ich wollt, ich wär ein Vogel" [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 Josef Dokowicz , "Ich wollt', ich wär' ein Vogel", op. 40 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Düsseldorf, Weissenborn [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexander Fesca (1820 - 1849), "Widmung", op. 59 (Drei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Piano) no. 1, published 1847 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Braunschweig, Meyer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Jonas , "Widmung", published 1875 [ tenor and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Methfessel (1811 - 1886), "Wunsch", op. 13 no. 3, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Gustav Sabbath (b. 1826), "Sängers Wunsch", published 1857 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Witt (1819 - 1890), "Ich wollt, ich wär ein Vogel ", op. 7 (Fünf Quartette für Männerstimmen) no. 3 [ vocal quartet for male voices ] [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Joseph Netzer (1808 - 1864), "Des Sängers Wunsch", op. 25 (Drei Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling; confirmed with a CD booklet
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-07-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

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