Schweizerlied

[Uf'm]1 Bergli
Bin i gesäße,
Ha de Vögle
Zugeschaut;
Hänt gesunge,
Hänt gesprunge,
Hänt's Nestli
Gebaut.

In ä Garte
Bin i gestande,
Ha de Imbli
Zugeschaut;
hänt gebrummet,
hänt gesummet,
Hänt Zelli
Gebaut.

Uf d'Wiese
Bin i gange,
Lugt'i Summer-
Vögle a;
Hänt gesoge,
Hänt gefloge,
Gar z'schön hänt's
Getan.

Und da kummt nu
Der Hansel,
Und da zeig i
Em froh,
Wie sie's mache,
Und mer lache
Und mache's
Au so.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Schweizerlied", 1811

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) , "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.

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

by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860-1908) , "Springtime", 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 Swiss German

ENG English (Thomas A. Gregg)

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