Verriet mein blasses Angesicht

Verriet mein blasses Angesicht
Dir nicht mein Liebeswehe?
Und willst du, daß der stolze Mund
Das Bettelwort gestehe?

O, dieser Mund ist viel zu stolz,
Und kann nur küssen und scherzen;
Er spräche vielleicht ein höhnisches Wort,
Während ich sterbe vor Schmerzen.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 53, published 1823-4

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

by Rubin Goldmark (1872-1936) , "Verriet mein blasses Angesicht", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1900.
by F. W. Grünbaum , "Verriet mein blasses Angesicht", from Fünf Lieder, no. 5.
by Victor Hansmann (1871-1909) , "Verriet mein blasses Angesicht", op. 20 (Lieb' und Leid : fünf Lieder) no. 2.
by Stephen (István) Heller (1813-1888) , "Verriet mein blasses Angesicht", 1830-5?, published <<1835, from Sieben deutsche Lieder, no. 3.
by Hedwig Hertz , "Verriet mein blasses Angesicht", published 1867 [medium voice and piano], from Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 1.
by Heinrich Karl Johann Hofmann (1842-1902) , "Verriet mein blasses Angesicht", op. 26 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3.
by Josip Ipavec (1873-1921) , "Verriet mein blasses Angesicht", published 1998, note: also set in Slovenian
by Paula Kühne , "Verriet mein blasses Angesicht", op. 4 (Zwei Liebeslieder) no. 1.
by Carl Orff (1895-1982) , "Verriet mein blasses Angesicht", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1911) [tenor and piano], unpublished
by August von Othegraven (1864-1946) , "Verriet mein blasses Angesicht"
by George Posca , "Verriet mein blasses Angesicht", op. 15 (Lieder) no. 3.
by Eduard Stocker (1842-1913) , "Verriet mein bleiches Angesicht", op. 8 (Vier Lieder) no. 2.
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803-1883) , "Verriet mein blasses Angesicht", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 53, note: attacca to number 54
by Fürstin J. von Waldburg-Wurzach , "Verriet mein blasses Angesicht", op. 7.
by Severin Warteresiewicz , "Verriet mein bleiches Angesicht", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2.

by Louis Durey (1888-1979) , "Mon pâle visage", op. 20 no. 1, published 1919, from Deux Lieder Romantiques, no. 1.

by Josip Ipavec (1873-1921) , "Mar ti ne prica lice bledo", published 1998, note: also set in German

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