Mailied

Zwischen Waizen und Korn,
Zwischen Hecken und Dorn,
Zwischen Bäumen und Gras,
Wo gehts Liebchen? Sag mir das.

Fand mein Holdchen nicht daheim.
Muß das Goldchen draußen sein.
Grünt und blühet schön der Mai,
Liebchen ziehet froh und frei.

An dem Felsen beim Fluß,
Wo sie reichte den Kuß,
Jenen erste[n] im Gras, seh ich etwas,
Ist sie das? [Das ist sie, das!]1

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Mailied", 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 E. Draude , "Mailied"
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Mailied", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1864.
by Moritz Hauptmann (1792-1868) , "Mailied", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 3 (c1840). [SATB]
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Mailied", op. 6 no. 2 (1904), also set in Russian
by Alfred Schlenker (1876-1950) , "Mailied", published 1905. [voice and piano]
by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874-1951) , "Mailied", 1899.
by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Mailied", op. 13 no. 3 (1876).
by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) , "Wo gehts Liebchen?", 1810.
by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) , "Mailied", op. 2, Heft 1 no. 5 (1894-6).

by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Majskaja Pesn'", op. 6 no. 2 (1904), also set in German

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Majskaja Pesn'

Mezh pshenicy i rzhi,
Mezhdu chashchi kustov,
Mezh lesov i lugov
Gde put' miloj? gde, skazhi!

Doma miloj ne nashel;
Ne siditsja verno jej.
Rascvetajet pyshno maj,
Miloj na prostore raj.

Tam u gornoj reki,
Gde ona mne dala
Pervyj svoj poceluj,
I vizhu men' golubki mojej.

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Singable translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title

a text in German by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Mailied", 1812? ENG FRE

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

by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Majskaja Pesn'", op. 6 no. 2 (1904), also set in German

Date added to the website: 0000-00-00.