Die blauen Frühlingsaugen

Die blauen Frühlingsaugen
Schau'n aus dem Gras hervor;
Das sind das lieben Veilchen,
Die ich zum Strauß erkor.

Ich pflücke sie und denke,
Und die Gedanken all,
Die mir im Herzen seufzen,
Singt laut die Nachtigall.

Ja, was ich denke, singt sie
Lautschmetternd, daß es schallt; 
Mein zärtliches Geheimnis
Weiß schon der ganze Wald.

Authorship

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 13

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

by Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859-1937) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 106 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2.
by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "Schubert", 1919-20, rev. 1928.
by Friedrich August Wilhelm Baumfelder (1836-1916) , "Lautes Geheimnis", op. 3 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1, published 1870 [soprano or tenor and piano], Dresden, Hoffarth
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820-1867) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 2 no. 3, published 1850. [voice and piano]
by Georg(e) Felix Benkert , "Lautes Geheimnis", op. 10 (Drei Waldeslieder) no. 1.
by E. Bollmann , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen" [SA chorus a cappella], from Lieder, no. 2
by Leopold Damrosch (1832-1885) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 13 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1870 [voice and piano], Breslau, Lichtenberg
by Hans Decker , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 5 (Zwei Veilchenlieder) no. 2.
by Pauline von Decker, née von Schaetzel (1811-1882) , "Duett", op. 5. [duet for 2 sopranos with piano]
by G. A. Demidov , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen"
by Aleksandr Ivanovich Dyubyuk (1812-1897) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen"
by Louis Ehlert (1825-1884) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6.
by Armand Erdös (1878-1920) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", published 19--?, from Zwölf deutsche Lieder, no. 12.
by Ludwig von Erlanger (1862-) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 21 (Acht Gedichte von Heinrich Heine), Heft 1 no. 1.
by Ernst Paul Flügel (1844-1912) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1867 [voice and piano], Greifswald, Verlag der Academischen Buchhandlung (and later: Leipzig, Leuckart, 1876)
by Ernst Frank (1847-1889) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 10, Heft 2 no. 6.
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 20 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1, published 1854. [voice and piano]
by G. Gendt , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", from Vier Lieder, no. 2.
by Hermann (Gustav) Goetz (1840-1876) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", c1859 [soprano and piano], from 2 Frühlingslieder von E. Geibel und H. Heine, no. 2.
by Édouard de Hartog (1829-1909) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 43 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3.
by Gustav Hasse (1834-1889) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge) no. 2.
by Eduard Hauptmann , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", from Lieder, no. 2
by Wilhelm Heiser (1816-1897) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 226.
by Georg Andreas Henkel (1805-1871) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 15 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 3. [soprano or baritone and piano]
by Swan Hennessy (1866-1929) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 3 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1886.
by A. Hermesdorff , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen"
by E. Herzogenrath , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", from Zwei Gesänge, no. 1.
by Ludwig Hoffmann (1830-) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen" [soprano and piano]
by W. C. Hollman , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 1 (Drei Lieder) no. 1.
by Alfred Huth (1892-) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 28 no. 3.
by Louis Huth (1810-1859) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder mit leichter Begleitung) no. 4.
by Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954) , "Frühlingslied", 1896, from the collection Forty Earlier Songs, no. 21.
by F. Gustav Jansen (1831-1910) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 15 (Vier Lieder) no. 1.
by Alois Jedliczka , "Frühlingslied", from Sechs Lieder, no. 5.
by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823-1903) , "Frühlingslied", op. 1 (Zehn Lieder) no. 6, published 1842. [voice and piano]
by Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath (1818-1896) , "Frühlingsaugen", op. 26 (Drei Frühlingslieder) no. 2.
by Eduard Lerch , "Im Frühling", op. 5 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2.
by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844-1918) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 21 no. 2, published 1874 [voice and piano], from Drei Nachtigallen-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Barth
by Carl Locher , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3.
by John Reinhard Lund (1859-1925) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 1 (Drei Lieder) no. 2.
by Karl Martin , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", from Lieder, Heft 3, no. 17
by Johann Albert Gottlieb Methfessel (1785-1869) , "Das verrathene Geheimniss", op. 93 (Sechs deutsche Gesänge) no. ?
by Friedrich Oelschlaeger (1798-1858) , "Neuer Frühling", from Lieder und Gesänge, Heft 1, no. 5
by Mario van Overeem , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", from Neuer Frühling: 44 Lieder, no. 13.
by Johannes Pauls , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 12 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 6, published 1884 [voice and piano], Berlin, Th. Schröder
by George Posca , "Im Frühling", op. 28 (Vier Lieder) no. 1.
by Eduard Prosch , "Im Frühling", op. 1 (Drei Lieder) no. 1. [high voice and piano]
by Hermann Putsch , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen"
by (Albert Maria) Robert Radecke (1830-1911) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 37 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1871 [voice and piano], Berlin, Challier
by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798-1859) , "Duett", op. 109 (5 Duettini für hohen und tiefen Sopran mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1836 [duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano with piano], Berlin, Schlesinger
by Josef Renner, jun. (1868-1934) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 46 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1.
by Franz Ries (1846-1932) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 25 (Vier Lieder für 1 Mittelstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1876 [medium voice and piano], Dresden, Ries
by L. Rockel , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 2.
by W. Rönnberg , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 5.
by Wilhelm Rosenberg (1862-) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 2 (Sechs erotische Gesänge) no. 4, published 1892.
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Frühlingslied II", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder von Heine) no. 2, published 1856?
by D. Rüst , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 1, Heft 1 no. 4.
by Louis Samson , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen"
by August Scharrer (1866-1936) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 17 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1896 [voice and piano], Baden-Baden, Sommermeyer
by Friedrich Wilhelm Sering (1822-1901) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 9 (Zwei Gesänge) no. 1.
by Oscar Nathan Straus (1870-1954) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 16 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2.
by Ernst Streben (1819-1871) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 27, Heft 1 no. 2.
by Otto Tiehsen (1817-1849) , "Frühlingslied", op. 6 (Sieben Gedichte von Goethe, Heine, Uhland, Burns und W. Müller) no. 3.
by Adalbert Ûberlée (1837-1897) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 10 no. 4.
by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858-1929) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 4 no. 2, published 1879 [low voice and piano], from Blumen von H. Heine : vier Gesänge, no. 2, Leipzig, Kistner, also set in Dutch
by Marie Vanden Heuvel , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", published 1926, from Heine-Idyllen, no. 4.
by Ernest Walker (1870-1949) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 3 (Six Songs) no. 4, published 1893, note: also set in English
by J. H. W. Werner , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", from Fünf Lieder, no. 4.
by Alexander Winterberger (1834-1914) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 10 (20 Gesänge) no. 9, published 1862. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by Hermann Wolff (1845-1902) , "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 9 (Vier Lieder) no. 2.
by Richard Ferdinand Wüerst (1824-1881) , "Verratene Liebe: Duett", op. 58 (Vier zweistimmige Lieder) no. 2. [duet for soprano and alto with piano]
by Richard Ferdinand Wüerst (1824-1881) , "Verratene Liebe", op. 83.

by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798-1859) , "Erfüllte Ahnung", op. 117 (4 Gesänge für Sopran und Horn (oder Violoncello) mit Begleitung des Pianofortes) no. 3, published 1837 [soprano and horn (or violoncello) and piano], Dresden, Meser [see full setting text]

by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) , "Glazki vesny golubyje", published 1873, from Dve pesen, no. 2.

by George Frederick Boyle (1886-1948) , "The blue starred eyes of springtime", op. 31 (Six Songs : the words from 'New Spring' by H. Heine) no. 1, published 1909. [soprano and piano]

by A. L. Eigher , "Spring's little azure eyelets", published 1860 [voice and piano with optional cello], from Six Songs, no. 3.

by Rosalind Frances Ellicott (1857-1924) , "The sweet blue eyes of springtime", published 1881.

by George Coleman Gow (1860-1938) , "Spring", published c1884, from A Group of Songs, no. 6.

by (James) Albert Mallinson (1870-1946) , "Blue eyes of spring", published 1904, from Lyrics from other lands : eight songs, no. 8.

by Franz Poenitz (1850-1913) , "The spring's blue eyes", op. 48 (Lieder) no. 2. [voice and harp]

by Elizabeth Philp (1827-1885) , "The violets of spring", published 1889.

by Ernest Walker (1870-1949) , "The azure eyes of springtime", op. 3 (Six Songs) no. 4, published 1893, note: also set in German

by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858-1929) , "Der lente lieflijk oogen", op. 4 no. 2, published 1879 [low voice and piano], from Blumen von H. Heine : vier Gesänge, no. 2, Leipzig, Kistner, also set in German

ITA Italian (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Gli occhi azzurri della primavera", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , "Les yeux bleus du printemps", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Glazki vesny golubyje

Glazki vesny golubyje
Krotko gljadjat iz travy.
Ljuby vy miloj, fialki,
S polem rasstanetes' vy.

Rvu ja cvety i mechtaju...
V roshche pojut solov'ji...
Bozhe moj, kto rasskazal im
I dumy, i grjozy moji?

Gromko oni [razglashajut]1
Vsjo, chto [ja v]2 serdce taju...
Celaja roshcha uznala
Nezhnuju tajnu moju.

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¹ Tchaikovsky: "raspevajut"
² Tchaikovsky: "na"

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Note on Transliteration

by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829-1865) , no title, 1857

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 13 DUT ENG ITA FRE ENG

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

by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) , "Glazki vesny golubyje", published 1873, from Dve pesen, no. 2.

Text added to the website: 2003-11-10.