Schweizerlied | Uf'm Bergli

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Uf'm Bergli

Language: Swiss German (Schwizerdütsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE

[Uf'm]¹ Bergli
Bin i [gesässe]²,
Ha de Vögle
Zugeschaut;
Hänt gesunge,
Hänt gesprunge,
Hänts Nästli
Gebaut.

In ä Garte
Bin i [gestande]³,
Ha de Imbli
Zugeschaut;
Hänt gebrummet,
Hänt gesummet,
Hänt Zelli
Gebaut.

Uf [d' Wiese]⁴
Bin i gange,
Lugt'i Summer-
vögle a;
Hänt gesoge,
Hänt gefloge,
Gar [z'schön hänt's]⁵
Gethan.

Und da kummt nu
Der Hansel,
Und da zeig i
Em froh,
Wie sie's [mache]⁶,
Und mer [lache]⁷
Und [mache's]⁸
Au so.

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• G. Bachlund • C. Blum • F. Hiller • J. Reichardt

K. Stockhausen sets stanzas 1-2

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, pages 169-170; with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1815, pages 155-156; and with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Original-Ausgabe. Wien, 1816. Bey Chr. Kaulfuß und C. Armbruster. Stuttgart. In der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. Gedruckt bey Anton Strauß, pages 170-171.

¹ Reichardt: "An ä"
² Schubert: "gsässe"
³ Schubert: "gstande"
⁴ Hiller: "di Wiese"
⁵ Goethe (Wien 1816 edition): "zu schön hänt s'"; and Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "zur schön hänts"
⁶ Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition), and Schubert: "machen"
⁷ Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition), and Schubert: "lachen"
⁸ Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition): "machen's"; and Schubert: "machens"

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Schweizerlied", written 1811, first published 1815 [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 Joseph Abenheim (1804 - 1891), "Uf'm Bergli bin i g'sässe", op. 3 (6 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1833 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Mechetti [sung text not yet checked]
by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Ufm Bergli", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ], note: based on Carl Blum's melody [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Blum (1786 - 1844), "Schweizerlied", 1821? [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gottfried Emil Fischer (1791 - 1841), "Schweizerlied", 1821? [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Schweizerlied", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1859 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
by (Isador) George Henschel (1850 - 1934), "Schweizerlied", op. 24 no. 7, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Thüringer Waldblumen (II. Folge): Lieder im Volkston mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 7, Leipzig, Breitkopf [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Schweizerlied", op. 129 (Zwölf Gesänge für Altstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 12, published 1867 [ alto and piano ], Bremen, Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Schweizerlied", op. 57 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6 (1875-6), published 1876 [ medium voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Lewalter (1862 - 1935), "Schweizerlied", op. 6 (Zwei Lieder ) no. 1, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Veit [sung text not yet checked]
by August Ludwig (1865 - 1946), "Schweizerlied", op. 34 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Lichterfelde, Ludwig [sung text not yet checked]
by August Ludwig (1865 - 1946), "Schweizerlied", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Göthelieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. Band 1, no. 1, Lichterfelde, Ludwig [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Lührss (1824 - 1882), "Schweizerlied", op. 34 (Sechs Chorlieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 3, published 1862 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Kitzner [sung text not yet checked]
by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908), "Schweizerlied", op. 27 (Drei Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor (Three part-songs for men's chorus)) no. 2, published 1890 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, A.P. Schmidt, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Otto (1809 - 1842), "Schweizerlied", op. 10 (6 Lieder und Romanzen für Mezzo-Sopran oder Alt) no. 4, published 1832 [ mezzo-soprano or alto and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Nach einem Schweizervolkslied", published 1811 [ voice and piano or vocal quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Schweizerlied", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1878 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Schweizerlied", D 559 (1817), published 1885 [ voice, piano ], Friedlaender VII, Leipzig [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Schweizerlied" [sung text not yet checked]
by Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 - 2007), "Das Mädchen auf der Wiese", stanzas 1-2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Schweizerlied", op. 15 (Sechs Gesänge für S., A., T. und B.) no. 5, published 1882 [ SATB chorus ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Schweizerlied", 1811 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908) ; composed by Edward Alexander MacDowell.
Also set in Swiss German (Schwizerdütsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Ludwig van Beethoven.

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

Research team for this page: Martin-Beatus Meier , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 73

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