An ä Bergli bin i gesässe

An ä Bergli bin i gesässe,
Nach die Vögli hab i geschaut:
Han gesunge, han gepfiffe,
Han Nestli dran gebaut.

Auf ä Wiesli bin i gegange,
Nach die Imbli hab i geschaut:
Han gesummet, han gebrummet,
Han Zelli gebaut.

In ä Gärtli hab i gestanne,
Lugt die Schmetterlinge an;
Han gesoge, han gepfloge,
Gar zu schön hans getan.

Da kommt nu mei Hänsli, dem zeig i
Gar so froh, wie sie es mache,
Und mir lache, mir lache
Und machens a so.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

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

by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , "An ä Bergli bin i gesässe", WoO. 158a (23 Lieder verschiedener Völker) no. 18 (1816).

by Carl Blum (1786-1844) , "Schweizerlied", 1821?
by Gottfried Emil Fischer (1791-1841) , "Schweizerlied", 1821?
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Schweizerlied", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1864.
by (Isador) George Henschel (1850-1934) , "Schweizerlied", op. 24 no. 7 (187-?)
by Adolf Jensen (1837-1879) , "Schweizerlied", op. 57 no. 6 (1875-7).
by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860-1908) , "Schweizerlied", op. 27 (Drei Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor (Three part-songs for men's chorus)) no. 2, published 1890. [four-part men's chorus], also set in English
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Nach einem Schweizervolkslied", published 1811. [voice and piano or four voices]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Schweizerlied", D. 559, published 1817.
by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789-1860) , "Schweizerlied"
by Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-) , "Das Mädchen auf der Wiese", stanzas 1-2.
by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) , "Schweizerlied", 1811.

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