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by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
Translation © by Emily Ezust
Du feuchter Frühlingsabend
Language: German (Deutsch)
Du feuchter Frühlingsabend, Wie hab' ich dich so gern -- Der [Himmel]1 wolkenverhangen, Nur hier und da ein Stern. [Wie]2 leiser Liebesodem Hauchet [so lau]3 die Luft, Es steigt aus allen [Thalen]4 Ein warmer Veilchenduft. Ich möcht' ein Lied ersinnen, Das diesem Abend [gleich]5; Und kann den Klang nicht finden So dunkel, mild und weich.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• A. Berg • J. Hägg • A. Jensen • M. Reger • J. Végh • P. Viardot-GarcíaAbout the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Emanuel Geibel, Neununddreißigste Auflage, Berlin, Verlag von Alexander Duncker, 1855, page 26.
1 Jensen, Reger, Végh: "Himmel ist"2 Berg: "Ein"
3 omitted by Végh
4 Viardot-García: "Tälern"
5 Végh: "gleicht"
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Im April", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lübeck und Bonn [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 Erna Becker-Ernst (1885 - 1945), "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Am Abend", 1904-5 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 20 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), "Im April", WAB. 75 (1868), published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Vienna: Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Ludwig Bruhns , "Im April", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Lübeck, Kaibel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Burger , "Im April", op. 27 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Miquel Capllonch (1861 - 1935), "Im April", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Luckhardt's Musik-Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Hermann Dietrich (1829 - 1908), "Im April", op. 3 (6 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Cassel: Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rich. Eckhold , "Im April", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Ries [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Fiebach (1851 - 1937), "Im April", published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from An Susanne. Lieder der Liebe für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 13, Berlin, (Sulzbach) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leo Grill (1846 - 1919?), "Im April ", op. 5 (Sieben Lieder für S., A., T. und B.) no. 4, published 1874 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850 - 1928), "Im April", 1872 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl August Heymann-Rheineck (1854 - 1922), "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hofmann , "Im April", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 6 no. 1 (1862), published 1862 [ voice and piano ], from Der Ungenannten. Minneweisen, nach E. Geibel, no. 1, Leipzig, Senff [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Kleinmichel (1846 - 1901), "Im April ", op. 29 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clara von Könitz , "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 7 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Krause (1840 - 1916), "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 49 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Ladendorff , "Im April", op. 15 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Im April", op. 46 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 9 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Lewy (1823 - 1883), "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 54 no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by George W. Marston (1840 - 1901), "Im April", published 1890 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Album für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 13, Leipzig, A.P. Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Albert Maria) Robert Radecke (1830 - 1911), "Frühlingsabend", op. 21 (Fünf Lieder ) no. 2, published 1858 [ alto and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Im April", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1890-1) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst (Friedrich Karl) Rudorff (1840 - 1916), "Im April", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1864 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Schäffer (1823 - 1902), "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 9 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianofortes ) no. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Schmidt , "Du feuchter Frühlingsabend", op. 13 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Im April ", op. 69 (Drei Lieder für Alt oder Bass mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1863 [ alto or bass and piano ], Berlin, Mendel [sung text not yet checked]
- by János Végh (1845 - 1918), as Johann Végh, "Im April", 1868, published 1869 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte, Heft 2, no. 8, Pest: Táborszky & Parsch; Wien: F. Wessely; Leipzig: Fr. Hofmeister, Nr. 72 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Im April", VWV: 1102 (1836) [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Moritz Weyermann (1832 - 1888), "Im April ", op. 25 (Zehn Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie Wieck (1832 - 1916), "Frühlingsabend", published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Abendlieder von Em. Geibel für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883) , "Весенний вечер" ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "You damp spring evening", copyright ©
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Jean-Pierre Granger) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "En avril", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jakob Kellner , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 54
You damp spring evening
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
You damp spring evening, how much I enjoy you! The sky is hung with clouds, only here and there a star. A gentle breath of love blows as mild as the breeze, and from every valley rises a warm spring scent. I would like to devise a song equal to this evening, but I cannot find a chord as dark, mild and gentle.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Im April", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lübeck und Bonn
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 63