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Wie Feld und Au So blinkend im Thau! Wie Perlen-schwer Die Pflanzen umher! [Wie durch den Hain Die Lüfte so rein!]1 Wie laut, im hellen Sonnenstrahl, Die süßen Vöglein allzumahl! Ach! aber da, Wo Liebchen ich sah, Im Kämmerlein, So nieder und klein, So rings bedeckt, Der Sonne versteckt -- Wo blieb die Erde weit und breit Mit aller ihrer Herrlichkeit?
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Geschichte der deutschen Literatur mit ausgewählten Stücken aus den Werken der vorzüglichsten Schriftsteller von Heinrich Kurz, Zweiter Band, Fünfte Auflage, Leipzig, Druck und Verlag von B. G. Teubner, pages 544-545.
Modernized spelling would change "Thau" to "Tau" and "allzumahl" to "allzumal"
Note: Goethe mistakenly included this poem in his works in 1815. Several composers therefore attributed it erroneously to him (including Wolf and Franz). Referenced in Max Friedlaender's Das deutsche Lied im 18. Jahrhundert, Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1902, reprint: Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1962.
1 Franz, Nägeli, Felix Mendelssohn: "Wie durch's Gebüsch / Die Winde so frisch!"Authorship:
- sometimes misattributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- by Johann Georg Jacobi (1740 - 1814), "Der Sommer-Tag" [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 (Gustav) Adolf Brandt (1838 - 1919), "Im Sommer", op. 9 no. 2, published 1895 [ men's chorus ], from Vier Lieder (Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter) für Männerchor, no. 2, Magdeburg, Rathke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Hermann Dietrich (1829 - 1908), "Im Sommer", op. 12 (Fünf Lieder von Goethe) no. 5, published 1861 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. Draude , "Im Sommer" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gottfried Emil Fischer (1791 - 1841), "Im Sommer", 1821? [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Im Sommer", op. 16 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 2, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "Der Sommertag", published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 22, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Im Sommer", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 1 (c1840) [ SATB chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Hegar (1841 - 1927), "Im Sommer", op. 7 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1874 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Wie Feld und Au" [ vocal trio for soprano, alto, and tenor a cappella ], from Fünf Terzette a cappella für Sopran, Alt und Tenor, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Edward Horsley (1822 - 1876), "Im Sommer", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1846 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Jansen [not F. G. Jansen] , "Im Sommer", published 1863 [ voice and piano ], from Musikalisches Göthe-Album. Eine Sammlung Göthescher Lieder, no. 13, Berlin, Mendel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Im Sommer", op. 23 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 (1896), published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793 - 1832), "Im Sommer", published c1820 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Im Sommer", op. 71 no. 3, published 1878 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Goethe-Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Darmstadt, Thies [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph Bernhard Marx (1795 - 1866), "Im Sommer", op. 2 no. 2, published 1830 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge, no. 2, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Wie Feld und Au" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Sommerlied", op. 50 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 3 (1838), published 1840 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Im Sommer", published 1794 [ voice and piano ], in Lieder in Musik gesetzt, erste Sammlung, Zürich: im Verlag des Verfassers [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Im Sommer", published 1781 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Im Sommer", op. 17 (Acht Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier) no. 1 (1907) [ medium voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Schön (1825 - 1879), as C. S. Engelsberg, "Sommerlied", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from [Drei] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Im Sommer", op. 13 no. 1 (1876) [ TTBB chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zomerlied", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Guess) , "Summer song", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "En été", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Emilia Maxim
This text was added to the website: 2004-10-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 60
Comme le champ et la prairie Sont brillants dans la rosée ! Comme lourdes de perles Sont les plantes tout autour ! À travers les buissons, Le vent est si frais ! Bruyants dans les rayons éclatants du soleil Sont les doux petits oiseaux ensemble ! Hélas, mais là, Où j'ai vu ma bien-aimée, Dans sa petite chambre, Si basse et petite, Si recouverte autour, Cachée du soleil, Où la terre est restée éloignée et vaste Avec toute sa splendeur !
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Guy Laffaille, (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) misattributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) and by Johann Georg Jacobi (1740 - 1814), "Der Sommer-Tag"
This text was added to the website: 2012-06-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 81