Frühlingsruhe

[O legt mich nicht ins dunkle Grab]1,
Nicht unter die grüne Erde hinab!
Soll ich begraben sein,
Lieg ich ins tiefe Gras hinein.

In Gras und Blumen [liegt]2 ich gern,
Wenn eine Flöte tönt von fern
Und wenn hoch obenhin
Die hellen Frühlingswolken ziehn.

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862) , "Frühlingsruhe", from Lieder, in Frühlingslieder, no. 3, published 1812

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

by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820-1867) , "Frühlingsruhe", op. 15 (Sechs kleine Lieder) no. 2 (1854). [voice and piano]
by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793-1832) , "Frühlingsruhe", published c1820. [voice and piano]
by Egon Kornauth (1891-1959) , "Frühlingsruhe", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1913-7.
by Conradin Kreutzer (1780-1849) , "Frühlingsruhe", op. 33 no. 3 (1812), from Fünf Frühlingslieder von Uhland, no. 3.
by Josephine Lang (1815-1880) , "Frühlings-Ruhe", op. 7 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3 (1833).
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Frühlingsberuhigung", op. 28 no. 5, note: also set in Russian
by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Frühlingsruhe", op. 20 no. 4 (1905).

by Nikolai Nikolayevich Cherepnin (1873-1945) , "Vesenneje uspokojenije"
by Pavel Grigorevich Chesnokov (1877-1944) , "Vesenneje uspokojenije"
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Vesenneje uspokojenije", op. 28 no. 5, note: also set in German
by Vasily Andreyevich Zolotarev (1872-1964) , "Vesenneje uspokojenije"

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