Elfe

Bleib bei uns! Wir haben den Tanzplan im Tal 
bedeckt mit Mondesglanze, 
Johanneswürmchen erleuchten den Saal, 
die Heimchen spielen zum Tanze. 

Die Freude, das schöne [leichtgläubige]1 Kind, 
[es]2 wiegt sich in Abendwinden: 
Wo Silber auf Zweigen und Büschen rinnt,
da wirst du die Schönste finden.

by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788-1857) , "Elfe", from Frühling und Liebe

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

by Stephan Baekers , "Elfe", 1979, from Fünf Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 5.
by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920) , "Elfe", A. 21 (c1905-11), published 1941. [high voice and piano]
by Robert Kahn (1865-1951) , "Elfe", op. 75 (45 Lieder für dreistimmigen Chor a capella) no. 38 (1924). [three-part chorus a cappella]
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836-1909) , "Elfe", op. 3 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 1865 [soprano or tenor and piano], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg
by Meta ter Kuile-Troxler (1895-1940) , "Elfe", op. 10b (4 Canti) no. 1, published <<1928. [soprano and piano]
by Joseph Marx (1882-1964) , "Die Elfe", 1909.
by Karl Rausch (1880-1951) , "Elfe" [voice and piano], from Elf Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 8.
by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824-1910) , "Elfe", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 (1852). [two sopranos and piano]
by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824-1910) , "Elfe", op. 100 (Zehn Gesänge) no. 10 (1868). [three women's voices and piano]
by Bruno Walter (1876-1962) , "Elfe", published 1910.
by Karl Weigl (1881-1949) , "Elfe", op. 25 (8 Frauenchöre a capella) no. 2 (1906), published 1933. [three- or four-part women's chorus a cappella]
by Julius Weismann (1879-1950) , "Elfe", op. 43 (5 Lieder) no. 4 (1909/10). [voice and piano]
by Erich J. Wolff (1874-1913) , "Elfe", op. 14 (Vier Gedichte von Eichendorff) no. 3, published 1907. [voice and piano]

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