Du milchjunger Knabe

Du milchjunger Knabe,
Wie siehst du mich an?
Was haben deine Augen
Für eine Frage getan!

Alle Ratsherrn in der Stadt
Und alle Weisen der Welt
Bleiben stumm auf die Frage,
Die deine Augen gestellt!

Ein leeres Schneckhäusel,
Schau, liegt dort im Gras:
Da halte dein Ohr dran,
Drin brümmelt dir was!

by Gottfried Keller (1819-1890) , "Du milchjunger Knabe", from Neuere Gedichte, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Alte Weisen, no. 3

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

by Robert Fischhof (1856-1918) , "Du milchjunger Knabe"
by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869-1949) , "Du milchjunger Knabe", op. 33 no. 3 (1923), from Alte Weise, no. 3.
by Richard Schweizer (1868-1906) , "Du milchjunger Knabe", op. 22 no. 1, from Alte Weisen, no. 1.
by Christian Sinding (1856-1941) , "Du milchjunger Knabe", op. 1 no. 2, published 1890 [high voice and piano], from Alte Weisen - Sechs Lieder, no. 2.
by Hans Sommer (1837-1922) [pseudonym] , "Du milchjunger Knabe", op. 16 no. 6, from Gedichte von Gottfried Keller, no. 6.
by Otto Vrieslander (1880-1950) , "Du milchjunger Knabe"
by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Du milchjunger Knabe"

by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) , "Therese", op. 86 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1878).

Date added to the website: 2003-02-16.

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