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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
An dem reinsten Frühlingsmorgen
Language: German (Deutsch)
An dem [reinsten]1 Frühlingsmorgen Gieng die Schäferin und sang, Jung und schön und ohne Sorgen, Daß es durch die Felder [klang]2, So la la! le ralla. Thyrsis bot ihr für ein Mäulchen [Zwei,]3 drei Schäfchen gleich am Ort, [Schalkhaft blickte sie]4 ein Weilchen; Doch sie sang und lachte fort, So la la! le ralla. Und ein Andrer bot ihr Bänder, Und der Dritte bot sein Herz; Doch sie trieb mit Herz und Bändern So wie mit den Lämmern Scherz, Nur la la! le ralla.
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• I. da Fonseca • M. von Kralik • K. Krook • N. Medtner • E. Nick • W. Petersen • F. Van der Stucken • H. WolfAbout the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethes Sämmtliche Werke: Vollständige Ausgabe in zehn Bänden, Erster Band, Stuttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1875, pages 6-7. Note: modernized spelling would change "Gieng" to "Ging".
2 Cimarosa: "drang"
3 Cimarosa: "Da"
4 Cimarosa: "Sie besann sich nur"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Die Spröde" [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), "Die Spröde", op. 72 (Sechs Goethe-Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1878 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Behm (1862 - 1946), "Die Spröde", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oskar Bolck (1837 - 1888), "Die Spröde", op. 45 (Sechs Lieder für hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1875 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ignaz Brüll (1846 - 1907), "Die Spröde", op. 87 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924), "Die Spröde", 1920 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max (Traugott Maximillian) Eberwein (1775 - 1831), "Die Spröde", 1826 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ida Henriette da Fonseca (1806 - 1858), "Die spröde Schäferin" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Hellmesberger, jun. (1855 - 1907), "Die Spröde ", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "Die Spröde", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Die Spröde", op. 2 (Duette für zwei Singstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1897 [ vocal duet with piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Die Spröde", op. 69 (Vier Gesänge für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1891 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Konrad Heubner (1860 - 1905), "Die Spröde", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1883 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Die Spröde", published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Die Spröde", <<1891 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Jansen [not F. G. Jansen] , "Die Spröde", published 1863 [ voice and piano ], from Musikalisches Göthe-Album. Eine Sammlung Göthescher Lieder, no. 7, Berlin, Mendel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Kahn , "Die Spröde", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie Charlotte Henriette von Kehler (1822 - 1882), "Die Spröde", op. 5 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte ) no. 5, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "Die Spröde", 1924-46 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder nach Gedichten von J. W. von Goethe, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Die Spröde", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Jugend-Lieder, no. 1, Wien : Albert J. Gutmann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Johan Krook (1860 - 1931), "An dem reinsten Frühlingsmorgen", alternate title: "Die Spröde", 1922 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Adolf Lorenz, Dr. (1837 - 1923), "Die Spröde", op. 23 (Zwei Gesänge für 3 Frauenstimmen (oder Chor) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1879 [ vocal trio for 3 female voices (or three-part chorus) and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Ludwig (1865 - 1946), "Die Spröde", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Göthelieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. Band 1, no. 2, Lichterfelde, Ludwig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Die Spröde", op. 18 no. 1 (1908-9), from Sechs Gedichte von Goethe, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Willy Musseleck , "Die Spröde", op. 1 no. 3, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg: Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Béla Nemes Hegyi , "Die Spröde", op. 8 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Budapest, Rózsavölgyi & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edmund Nick (1891 - 1974), "Die Spröde" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Petersen (1890 - 1957), "Die Spröde", op. 40 (Goethe-Lieder) no. 1, published 1941 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolf Pochhammer (1864 - 1931), "Die Spröde", subtitle: "Koloraturlied für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte", op. 5, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Poenitz (1850 - 1913), "Die Spröde ", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Bauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "Die Spröde" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Goethe mit Clavierbegleitung, no. 4, Bonn und Cöln, Nikolaus Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Die Spröde", op. 54 (Gedichte von Goethe: II) no. 2 (1815?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929), "Die Spröde", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston II. Sammlung: moderne Preislieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Die Spröde", 1888-9, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 26, Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Die Spröde", 1807 [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801), "Die Spröde und die Bekehrte"
- by Lenhuk , "Die Spröde und die Bekehrte", published <<1815 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte von Goethe und Schiller, no. 9
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin.
- Also set in English, a translation by John Bernhoff (flourished 1890-1912) ; composed by Hans Hermann.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Thomas A. Gregg) , "The coy shepherdess", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Revêche", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La ritrosa", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Natalia Vyshynska) , "Неприступная", copyright © 2013, (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: 15
Word count: 84
On the purest of spring mornings
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
On the [purest]1 of spring mornings The shepherdess walked along singing, Young and beautiful and free of care, [Singing] so that [it rang]2 through the fields, So la la! le ralla. Thyrsis offered her for a little kiss [Two,]3 three little sheep on the spot, [She looked at him roguishly]4 for a little while; But she continued to sing and laugh, So la la! le ralla. And another chap offered her ribbons, And a third one offered his heart; But she made fun of heart and ribbons As she had with the lambs, Only la la! le ralla.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Translated titles:
"Die Spröde" = "The aloof [shepherdess]"
"An dem reinstem Frühlingsmorgen" = "On the purest of spring mornings"
"Die Spröde und die Bekehrte" = "The aloof and the repentant [shepherdess]"
2 Cimarosa: "the song penetrated"
3 Cimarosa: "There"
4 Cimarosa: "She only thought about it"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 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 Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Die Spröde"
This text was added to the website: 2016-03-30
Line count: 15
Word count: 98