Aus Shakespeare's Othello I

Das arme Kind! sie saß und sang,
  An einem Baum saß sie,
Die Hand gelegt auf ihre Brust,
  Den Kopf gesstüzt aufs Knie.

Der Bach floß still vorbei und stimmt' 
  In ihre Seufzer ein;
Und ihrer Tränen heiße Flut
  Erweichte Kieselstein.

Singt all ein grüner Weidenzweig
  Der muß mein Kränzchen sein.
O tadelt nicht sein hartes Herz,
  Mein Herz gehört doch sein.

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation]

a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , from The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, Act IV scene 3 [an adaptation] ENG

a text in English from folk poetry/song tradition

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

by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760-1802) , "Aus Shakespeare's Othello I", published 1803, from Kleine Balladen und Lieder Heft V no. 14.

by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) , "Willow, Willow"

by Wolfgang Fortner (1907-1987) , "Willow, willow", 1946 [voice and piano], from Songs nach Texten von William Shakespeare mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 5.
by Erich Korngold (1897-1957) , "Desdemona's song", op. 31 no. 1, from Four Shakespeare Songs, no. 1.
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "Willow, willow, willow", 1881-1883, published 1885, from English Lyrics, set 1 no. 4
by Betty Roe (1930-) , "The willow song", published 1974 [medium voice, flute, and piano], from Four Shakespeare Songs, no. 3.
by Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) , "The willow song", published 1866 [voice and piano], from 5 Shakespeare Songs, no. ?
by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) , "The willow song"

by Johann Michael Vogl (1768-1840) , "Lied der Desdemona"

by Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe (1796-1869) , "Lied der Desdemona", op. 9, Heft 2 no. 2 (1827), published 1828.

by Wilhelm Petersen (1890-1957) , "Lied von der Weide", op. 46 no. 4, from Lieder aus Shakespeare-Dramen, no. 4.

by Wolfgang Fortner (1907-1987) , "Lied vom Weidenbaum", 1946, from Songs nach Texten von William Shakespeare

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

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