Blumengruß

Der Strauß, den ich [gepflücket]1,
Grüße dich viel tausendmal!
Ich [habe]2 mich oft gebücket,
Ach, wohl eintausendmal,
Und ihn ans Herz gedrücket
[Wie]3 hunderttausendmal!

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Blumengruß", 1810

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

by Carl Blum (1786-1844) , "Blumengruß", 1821?
by Ingeborg (Starck) Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840-1913) , "Blumengruss", published 1878 [voice and piano], from Fünf Lieder, no. 2.
by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805-1841) , "Blumengruß", op. 22 (1839). [three women's voices]
by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872-1944) , "Blumengruß", op. 94 (Vier Lieder zu Gedichten von Goethe) no. 1, published 1932.
by Cor (Cornelius Wilhelm) de Groot (1914-) , "Blumengruß", published 194-?, from 7 Goethe Lieder, no. 6.
by Robert Kahn (1865-1951) , "Blumengruß", 1905. [voice and piano]
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836-1909) , "Blumengruss", op. 10 (Vier Lieder / 4 Gedichte) no. 3 (1868) [low voice and piano], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg
by Otto Klemperer (1885-1973) , "Blumengruß"
by Armin Knab (1881-1951) , "Blumengruß", 1924-46 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Lieder nach Gedichten von J. W. von Goethe, no. 3.
by Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) , "Blumengruß"
by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855-1933) , "Blumengruß"
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Der Strauß", 1809, published 1811.
by Anton von Webern (1883-1945) , "Blumengruß", 1903, from Acht frühe Lieder, no. 3.
by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Blumengruß", 1888, from Goethe-Lieder, no. 24.
by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) , "Willkommen den 28 August 1749", 1810. [two voices, SATB chorus, and piano]

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