Vor der Stadt

Zwei Musikanten ziehn daher
Vom Wald aus weiter Ferne,
Der eine ist verliebt gar sehr,
Der andre wär' es gerne.

[Die]1 stehn allhier im kalten Wind
Und singen schön und geigen:
Ob nicht ein süßverträumtes Kind
Am Fenster sich wollt' zeigen?

by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788-1857) , "Vor der Stadt", from Wanderlieder

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

by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843-1900) , "Vor der Stadt", op. 22 no. 3, from Vier Notturnos, no. 3.
by Louis Ferdinand, Prinz von Preußen (1907-1994) , "Musikantengruß", published 1953.
by Richard Trunk (1879-1968) , "Vor der Stadt", op. 45 no. 5, published 1933.
by Bruno Walter (1876-1962) , "Musikantengruß", published 1910.
by Karl Weigl (1881-1949) , "Musikantengruß", op. 25 (8 Frauenchöre a capella) no. 1 (1906), published 1933. [three- or four-part women's chorus a cappella]
by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) , "Vor der Stadt", op. 2, Heft 1 no. 7 (1894-6), published 1897.

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