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Saatengrün, Veilchenduft, Lerchenwirbel, Amselschlag, Sonnenregen, linde Luft! Wenn ich solche Worte singe, Braucht es [dann]1 noch großer Dinge, Dich zu preisen, Frühlingstag?
Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludwig Uhland, J.G.Cotta’sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart und Tübingen, 1815, page 56.
1 Marx: "da"Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Lob des Frühlings", appears in Lieder, in Frühlingslieder, no. 5 [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 C. Altenburg , "Lob des Frühlings ", op. 1 no. 5, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Uhland's Frühlingslieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Braunschweig, Wollermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Selmar Bagge (1823 - 1896), "Lob des Frühlings", op. 3 no. 5, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Frühlingslieder, von Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Wien, Mechetti [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Lob des Frühlings", op. 75 (45 Lieder für dreistimmigen Chor a capella) no. 32 (1924) [ three-part chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933), "Lob des Frühlings", op. 11 (Acht Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1906 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theobald Kretschmann (1850 - 1919), "Lob des Frühlings", op. 21 no. 5, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Frühlingslieder von Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Wien, Rörich [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Lob des Frühlings", op. 33 no. 5, KWV 9105 no. 5, published 1818 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Frühlingslieder von Uhland, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Lob des Frühlings", 1907, published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, I. Folge, Nr.15 [sung text checked 2 times]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Lob des Frühlings", op. posth. 100 (Vier Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 2 [ SATB quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Lob des Frühlings", op. 100 (Zehn Gesänge) no. 2 (1868) [ vocal trio for female voices with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Lob des Frühlings", op. 12 (Frühlingslieder) no. 1 (1934-5), from Frühlingslieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Lloança de la primavera", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lof der lente", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Praise of spring", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Louange du printemps", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 22
The first green of the sown wheat, the scent of violets, The whirling of larks, the singing of blackbirds, Showers of sunlight, balmy air! If I sing words such as these, Are great things still necessary To praise you, springtime day?
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (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) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Lob des Frühlings", appears in Lieder, in Frühlingslieder, no. 5
This text was added to the website: 2013-09-01
Line count: 6
Word count: 41