Ein Tännlein grünet, wo

Ein Tännlein grünet, wo,
Wer weiß! im Walde,
Ein Rosenstrauch, wer sagt,
In welchem Garten?
Sie sind erlesen schon,
Denk' es, o Seele,
Auf deinem Grab zu wurzeln
Und zu wachsen.

Zwei schwarze Rößlein weiden
Auf der Wiese,
Sie kehren heim zur Stadt
In [muntern]1 Sprüngen.
Sie werden schrittweis gehn
Mit deiner Leiche;
Vielleicht, vielleicht noch eh'
An ihren Hufen
Das Eisen los wird,
Das ich blitzen sehe!

by Eduard Mörike (1804-1875)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by W. Colsmann , "Denk es, o Seele"
by G. Dippe , "Denk es, o Seele", op. 17 no. 3.
by Hugo Distler (1908-1942) , "Denk es, o Seele!", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 1 no. 21 (1939). [choral]
by Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835-1913) , "Denk es, o Seele!", op. 81 no. 4, published 1906.
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Ein Tännlein grünet wo", op. 27 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1870?
by Marguerite de Geymuller (1897-1979) , "Denk es, O Seele", 1951, rev. 1975.
by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848-1906) , "Denk' es, o Seele", published 1893 [voice and piano], from Neue Lieder und Gesänge, no. 11.
by Hermann Haller (1914-2002) , "Böhmisches Volkslied"
by Carl Hauer (1828-1892) , "Denk es, O Seele!"
by Martin Herchenröder (1961-) , "Denk' es, o Seele", 1989, first performed 1990, from Lieder nach Mörike-Gedichten, no. 3.
by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843-1900) , "Untreue", op. 26 (Lieder und Romanzen) no. 7, published 1879. [four-part women's chorus a cappella (or with piano)]
by Thomas Holland-Moritz (1948-) , "Denk' es, o Seele", published 1999. [soprano and organ]
by Robert Kahn (1865-1951) , "Denk' es, o Seele", op. 12 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 5 (1890), published 1891. [voice and piano]
by K. Kaskel , "Denk es, o Seele", op. 8 no. 1.
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836-1909) , "Denk es, O Seele!", op. 6 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1866 [voice and piano], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg
by Hans Joachim Kauffmann (1926-) , "Denk' es, O Seele", 1939.
by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927-) , "Denk' es, o Seele", 2003/4, first performed 2004 [tenor and piano], from Mörike-Liederzyklus, no. 2.
by S. Krehl , "Denk es, o Seele"
by Roger Matscheizik (1960-) , "Ein Tännlein grünet wo", 1996-2002 [baritone or mezzosoprano and organ], from Denk es, o Seele!, no. 3.
by Wilhelm Petersen (1890-1957) , "Denk es, o Seele", op. posth. 10 (Drei Lieder) no. 3. [voice and piano]
by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869-1949) , "Denk' es, o Seele!", op. 30 no. 3.
by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839-1901) , "Denk es, o Seele!", op. 31 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 5, published 1870. [mixed chorus]
by Manfred Schlenker (1926-) , "Denk es, o Seele", published 2005 [choral], from Sechs Mörike-Chorlieder, no. 5.
by Heinrich Spitta (1902-1972) , "Denk es, o Seele", 1945, published 1987 [choral], from Denk es, o Seele, no. 2.
by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924-1995) , "Denk' es, o Seele", 1983.
by (Olav) Fartein Valen (1887-1952) , "Denk' es, o Seele!", op. 39 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 (1941), published 1954.
by Lieni Wegmann (1918-1986) , "Denk es, O Seele"
by Oscar Weil (1839?-1921) , "Denk es, o Seele", op. 7 no. 3.
by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Denk' es, o Seele!", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 39.

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