[Frühling]1 läßt sein blaues Band
Wieder flattern durch die Lüfte;
Süße, wohlbekannte Düfte
Streifen ahnungsvoll das Land.
Veilchen träumen schon,
Wollen balde kommen.
-- Horch, [von fern ein leiser]2 Harfenton!
Frühling, ja du bist's!
Dich hab' ich vernommen!

About the headline (FAQ)

View original text (without footnotes)

Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Gedichte, Dramatisches, Erzählendes, Zweite, erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., 1961, page 42.

¹ Eitner: "Der Frühling"; further changes may exist not shown above.
² Louis Ferdinand: "von fern her leiser"; Schumann: "ein"

Authorship:

• by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Er ist's" [author's text checked 2 times 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 Rainer Abraham , "Er ist's" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Eugen (Francis Charles) d'Albert (1864 - 1932), "Er ist's", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gus Anton (b. 1938), "Frühling läßt sein blaues Band", published 1990 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Drei Frühlingslieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Er ist's", op. 70 (24 Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Beglteitung des Pianoforte) no. 15, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rudolf Bella (1890 - 1973), "Er ist's", op. 76 no. 1, published c1950 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Reinhold Bergell (b. 1841), "Er ist's", published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, 3. Heft, no. 2, Danzig, Weber [sung text not yet checked]
• by José Berr (1874 - 1947), "Er ist's", op. 21 [ three-part women's chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz von Blon (1861 - 1945), "Er ist's", published 1895 [ high voice and piano ], from [Elf] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Berlin, Tschentscher [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Böhm (1894 - 1981), "Er ist's", 1912, published 2000 [ voice and piano ], from 20 Lieder, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Matti Borg (b. 1956), "Er ist's", 1997-1998, published 1998 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from 12 Gedichte von Mörike, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Er ist's", op. 4 (Sieben Lieder) no. 7 (1922/4) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942), "Er ist's", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 2 no. 2 (1939) [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Eitner (1832 - 1905), "Der Frühling lässt ein blaues Band", op. 5 (Zwei Terzette für Frauenstimmen mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1863 [ vocal trio for female voices and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Frühlingsahnung", op. 12 (Acht Gesänge) no. 1, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
• by Victor Fenigstein (b. 1924), "Er ist's", 1941/3 [ voice and piano ], from 18 Lieder von Victor für Mara, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Siegfried Fietz (b. 1946), "Frühling lässt sein blaues Band", published 2004, from Es war, als hätt der Himmel die Erde still geküsst, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Er ist's!", op. 27 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
• by Dino Ghisalberti (1891 - 1949), "Er ist's" [ voice and piano ], from Ventiquattro Camerale, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann (Gustav) Goetz (1840 - 1876), "Er ist's", op. 21 (Sieben Lieder für S., A., T. und B.) no. 1 (1862-3), published 1880 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Martin Gräbner (b. 1967), "Er ist's", 2013 [ voice and piano ], from Solang Du lebest, ist es Tag - Ein Liederzyklus für BL, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Marie Hendrich-Merta , "Er ist's", op. 32, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Meinhold [sung text not yet checked]
• by Martin Herchenröder (b. 1961), "Er ist's", 1989, first performed 1990, from Lieder nach Mörike-Gedichten, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Er ist's!", op. 10 (Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1870 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch (1806 - 1872), "Frühlingsgefühl", published 1837 [ voice, guitar, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Er ist's ", op. 58 (Fünf Gesänge für 2 Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1881 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Hürse , "Er ist's ", published 1890 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Magdeburg, Haushahn's Sort [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Er ist's", op. 15 (Sechs Gesänge für vierstimmigen Frauenchor a capella) no. 3 (1892), published 1892 [ women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Friedrich Kauffmann (1803 - 1856), "Der Frühling" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Er ist's", 2003/4, published 2014, first performed 2004 [ tenor and piano ], from Mörike-Lieder für Tenor und Klavier, no. 1, Mainz, London, Berlin, Madrid, New York, Paris, Prague, Tokyo, Toronto: Schott Music [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Jan Bedřich (Johann Friedrich) Kittl (1806 - 1868), "Er ist's", op. 53 (Sechs zweistimmige Gesänge) no. 4, published 1860 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Günter Klinzing (b. 1930), "Er ist's!", published 1995 [ high voice and piano ], from Vier Gedichte zu den Jahreszeiten von Eduard Mörike, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johannes H. E. Koch (b. 1918), "Frühling" [ 4-part chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Er ist's", op. 134 (6 Lieder für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1868 [ alto and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Frühling", published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Victor August Loser , "Er ist's", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
• by Louis Ferdinand, Prinz von Preußen (1907 - 1994), "Frühling", published 1966 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Paul Müller-Zürich (1898 - 1993), "Du bist's", 1915 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Klaus Ochs (1934 - 1995), "Er ist's", published 1986 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Er ist's. Kleine Frühlingslieder-Trilogie für Männerchor a cappella, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Theodor Emanuel, Freiherr von Perfall (1824 - 1907), "Er ist's ", published 1895 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Frühlingslieder für gemischten Chor, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Pezold , "Frühlingslied", op. 2 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1889 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Er ist's", op. 111b (Drei Gesänge) no. 3 (1909) [ SSA chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Max Renner , "Er ist's", op. 1 (Vier Gesänge für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 1, published 1883 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
• by Theodor Röhmeyer , "Er ist's" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Curt Sachs , "Er ist's" [sung text not yet checked]
• by August Scharrer (1866 - 1936), "Er ist's", op. 18 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Baden-Baden, Sommermeyer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Otto Scherzer (1821 - 1886), "Er ist's", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für Tenor (oder Sopran) mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1887 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Grunow [sung text not yet checked]
• by Fritz Franz Schieri (1922 - 2009), "Er ist's", 1986 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Dieter Schnebel (1930 - 2018), "Frühling lässt sein blaues Band", published 2005, first performed 2005 [ soprano, women's chorus, orchestra ], from Sinfonie X, part three: DU-LIEBE-ZEIT [sung text not yet checked]
• by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Er ist's", op. 51 no. 4 (1937) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Eichendorff und Mörike, no. 4, Zürich: Hug & Co. Musikverlage [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Er ist's!", op. 79 no. 23[24] (1849), published 1849 [ voice and piano ], from Liederalbum für die Jugend, no. 23[24], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Paul J. Seelig (1876 - 1945), "Frühlingslied", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für 1 Mittelstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Andreas Seger (b. 1962), "Er ist's", published 2003 [ three-part mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Oscar Nathan Straus (1870 - 1954), "Er ist's", op. 39 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier) no. 3, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Er ist's", 1980 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Urban , "Er ist's", op. 19 (Zwei sechsstimmige Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1876 [ SATTBB chorus ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Frühling lässt sein blaues Band", op. 15 (Sechs Gesänge für S., A., T. und B.) no. 2, published 1882 [ SATB chorus ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Er ist's", VWV: 1177 (1865) [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Georg Vierling (1820 - 1901), "Frühlingsgefühl", op. 26 (Vier Quartette für gemischten Stimme) no. 4, published 1876 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
• by Werner Wehrli (1892 - 1944), "Er ist's" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Er ist's", op. 41 no. 3, published 1906, from Frühlings- und Liebeslieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wolfgang Weller (b. 1955), "Er ist's", op. 67 (Zwei Mörike-Liede) no. 2 (2003/4), published 2004 [ low voice and guitar ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Er ist's!", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Friedrich Zipp (1914 - 1997), "Er ist's", 1933 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
  • Go to the text. [Note: the text is not in the database yet.]
    

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zij is er!", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
• ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Spring unfurls her ribbon blue", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Kevin Lossner) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "It's Him!", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "C'est lui", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "C'est lui !", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "E' lei", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Gerardo Garciacano Hinojosa) (Simone von Büren) , "Ella es", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 37

Lente laat haar blauwe band
Weer frivool de luchten kleuren;
Zoete, welbekende geuren
Strelen suggestief het land.
Viooltjes1, droombekoord,
Zullen weldra komen.
Hoor, [van ver een lieflijk]2 harpakkoord!
Lente, jij bent hier!
Jou heb 'k waargenomen!