Die Botschaft

Mein Knecht! steh auf und sattle schnell,
und wirf dich auf dein Roß,
und jage rasch durch Wald und Feld
nach König Duncans Schloß.

Dort schleiche in den Stall, und wart,
bis dich der Stallbub schaut.
Den forsch mir aus: "Sprich, welche ist
von Duncans Töchtern Braut?"

Und spricht der Bub: "Die Braune ist's",
so bring mir schnell die Mär.
Doch spricht der Bub: "Die Blonde ist's",
so eilt das nicht so sehr.

Dann geh zum Meister Seiler hin,
und kauf mir einen Strick,
und reite langsam, sprich kein Wort,
und bring mir den zurück.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , "Die Botschaft", from Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Romanzen, no. 7

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

by (Mary) Frances Allitsen, née Bumpus (1848-1912) , "Die Botschaft", published 1900, from Eight songs from poems by Heine, no. 4.
by Carl Hermann Ehrfried Böhmer (1799-1884) , "Die Botschaft", op. 64 (Vier Lieder) no. 1.
by J. von Bolto , "Die Botschaft", from Fünf Lieder, no. 3.
by Nicolae Bretan (1887-1968) , "Die Botschaft", 1932, published 198-? [medium voice and piano], from Lieder zu Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Nikolaus Lenau, Rainer Maria Rilke, no. ?, also set in English ("The emissary") and Romanian ("Solia")
by Max Brod (1884-1968) , "Die Botschaft", op. 1b (1901), rev. 1940.
by Gerard Bunk (1888-1958) , "Die Botschaft", op. 24 (Acht Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 7 (1910?)
by Anton Deprosse (1838-1878) , "Die Botschaft", op. 32 (Drei Balladen) no. 3. [alto or baritone and piano]
by Carl Fallberg (1886-1975) , "Die Botschaft", op. 9 (Songs) no. 5, published c1916.
by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850-1900) , "Mein Knecht! Steh' auf!", H. 146 (1871).
by H. Hanschmann , "Die Botschaft", from Vier Lieder, no. 4.
by Valentin Alekseyevich Makarov (1908-1952?) , "Die Botschaft"
by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861-1932) , "Die Botschaft", op. 29 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1886.
by Hugo Nolthenius (1848-1929) , "Die Botschaft", published 1891, from Zwei Dichtungen, no. 2.
by Ofrossipov , "Die Botschaft"
by Alfred Reisenauer (1863-1907) , "Die Botschaft", op. 13 (Balladen und Romanzen) no. 1.
by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798-1859) , "Die Botschaft", op. 95 (Lieder und Balladen) no. 3.
by Franz Joseph Schütky (1817-1893) , "Die Botschaft", op. 11 (Lieder) no. 6.
by Max Stange (1856-1932) , "Die Botschaft", op. 2 (Drei Gesänge) no. 1.
by Ernst Tschiderer , "Die Botschaft", from Lyrische Blätter, Heft 2, no. 2
by Werner Wolff (1883?5-1961?) , "Die Botschaft", from Lieder, no. 3.

by Valery Gavrilin (1939-1999) , "Gonec", published 1996, from Vokal'ji cikl na stikhi G. Gejne : nemetskaja tetrad', no. 2.
by Yuri Aleksandrovich Shaporin (1887-1966) , "Gonec", published 1965, from Romances et chansons, Cahier seconde = Romances and songs, second book, also in English ("Messenger") and French ("Messager")

by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) , "Gonec", op. 4 (Chetyre romansa) no. 2 (1866), published 1866.

by Robert Caby (1905-1992) , "Le message", 1937, from Les lieds de Henri Heine: cycle de 23 lieder et interludes, no. 14.

by Louis Napoleon Parker (1852-) , "My page, arise", published 1891, from Twelve Songs (solos) by Heine, no. 9.

by Johan Thor (1882-1989) , "Budskapet", from Sånger I, no. 4.

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