7 Lieder aus dem Buche der Liebe, Op.39 (Abt, Franz)

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1. \relative c'' { \clef treble \autoBeamOff \dynamicUp \key des \major \time 3/4 \tempo "Andantino" \partial 4 f,8.\p ges16 | as4. des8 f8. es16 | des2 c8\( bes\) | as4~ as16[ des] c[ bes] as8. ges16 | f4 r } \addlyrics { Wenn die Schwal -- ben heim -- wärts zieh’n, wenn die Ro -- sen nicht mehr blüh’n, }
2. \relative c'' { \clef treble \autoBeamOff \dynamicUp \key es \major \time 4/4 \tempo "Andantino" \partial 2 g4\p as8 a | bes4\( es8\) r8 d8.[( es32 d]) c8 d | es4 bes } \addlyrics { Ob ich dich lie -- be? Fra -- ge die Ster -- ne, }
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First Publication 1846 – Stuttgart: Göpel
Genre Categories Lieder; Songs; For voice, piano; [23 more...]For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; German language; For guitar (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); for 7-string guitar (arr); For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For mixed chorus (arr); Scores featuring mixed chorus (arr); For unaccompanied chorus (arr); For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For voice, piano (arr); For voices with keyboard (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); For voice, guitar (arr); For voices with solo instruments (arr); For piano (arr)

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Language German / English
Translator 1. John Henry Gordon
2. F.(?) A. Moriarty
Publisher. Info. Orpheon, Nos.28 & 47
Stuttgart: Carl Göpel, n.d.[1846]. }
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Misc. Notes English titles:
1. When the Swallows Homeward Fly
2. Whether I love thee?
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Language English
Translator George H. Curtis, English text
Publisher. Info. Melodies. Series No.2
New York: Jaques & Brother, 1849.
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Misc. Notes Text by Curtis is not a translation, but a contrafactum.
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Agathe: Wenn die Schwalben heimwärts ziehn (No.1)

Language English / German
Publisher. Info. Boston: G. P. Reed, n.d. Plate 457.
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Editor Matthias Keller (1813–1875)
Language English
Translator John Henry Gordon (1838–1878), English text
Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1846. Plate 183.
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Misc. Notes (it is unclear whether Keller edited the piano part - here "arranged" can only mean rearranged/rewrote, not its more 20th/21st century meaning.
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Language English, German
Translator Unknown
Publisher. Info. Repertoire German Songs
St. Louis: J. L. Peters and Bro., 1866. Plate 1483.3.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Submission Project. Can be performed for Duets as well.
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Language English
Translator John Henry Gordon (1838–1878), English text
Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1867. Plate 9745-3.
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Language English
Publisher. Info. Parlor Gems: A Collection of the Most Popular Songs and Duetts, No.6
Macon: John C. Schreiner & Son, n.d.
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Publisher. Info. The Exotics: Flowers or Song Transplanted to Southern Sail
Augusta: Blackmar & Bro., n.d.
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Language Russian / German
Publisher. Info. Unidentified Publisher, n.d.
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Language English / German
Publisher. Info. Gems of German Song with English Words
New Orleans: Louis Grunewald, n.d.
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Language English
Translator John Henry Gordon (1838–1878), English text
Publisher. Info. Louisville: D.P. Faulds, n.d. Plate 510-2.
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Translator John Henry Gordon (1838–1878), English text
Publisher. Info. Louisville: Webb, Peters and Co., n.d. Plate 510-2.
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Translator John Henry Gordon, English text
Publisher. Info. Baltimore: Emerson Drug Co., n.d.
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Misc. Notes In all of these, Gordon spelt "Gorden".
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Language English, French, German
Translator Unknown
Publisher. Info. New Series of Gem of German Song
New York: G. Schirmer, n.d. Plate 233.
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Language English, German
Translator Unknown
Publisher. Info. Boston: W.A. Evans & Bro., n.d.
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Language English, German
Translator Unknown
Publisher. Info. Chicago: Root & Cady, n.d. Plate 37-4.
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Editor Stan Sanderson
Language English
Publisher. Info. Mutopia Project, 2004.
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Irene: Ob ich dich liebe (No.2)

Editor Matthias Keller (1813–1875) (as Mathias Keller)
Language English
Translator Unknown (also Keller?)
Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1848. Plate 498.
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Misc. Notes (it is unclear whether Keller performed the translation into English, edited the piano part - here "arranged" can only mean rearranged/rewrote, not its more 20th/21st century meaning- or both.
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Language English
Translator Unknown
Publisher. Info. Boston: Oliver Ditson, n.d.[1860-2]. Plate 21852.
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Agathe: Wenn die Schwalben heimwärts ziehn (No.1)

For Orchestra (Bach)
Arranger Christoph Bach (1835–1927)
Publisher. Info. The Orchestra, No.3
New York: Edward Schuberth & Co., 1878.
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Misc. Notes Original images: 400dpi, black and white tif files approx. 4500 by 6050 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi,de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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For Mixed Chorus
Language English
Translator John Henry Gordon, English text
Publisher. Info. Unidentified Publisher, n.d.(ca.1880).
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For Violin and Piano (Blumenstengel)
See: Volkslieder-Album by Albrecht Blumenstengel
For Violin and Piano (Moffat)
See: The Cremona Violin Album (No.43)
For Violin and Piano (Thomas)
Arranger C.W.A. Thomas
Publisher. Info. New York: S. T. Gordon & Son, 1880. Plate 7676.
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Misc. Notes Happy Home Circle Series no 6
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For Violin and Piano
Publisher. Info. Unidentified Publisher, n.d.(ca.1920).
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For Voice and Piano (Müller)
Arranger Julius E. Müller
Language English / German
Translator John Henry Gordon (1838–1878), English text
Publisher. Info. Baltimore: G. Willig, Jr., 1851. Plate 2378.
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Misc. Notes Different accompaniment than original. Müller also wrote an arrangement for guitar
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For Voice and Piano (Zorer)
Arranger Maximilian Zorer (fl.1840s–fl.1868?)
Language English
Translator Charles Godfrey Leland (1824–1903), English text
Publisher. Info. New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 1849. Plate 465.
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Misc. Notes Arrangement - simplified? Zorer also made an arrangement for voice and guitar.
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For Voice and Guitar (Ballard)
Arranger James Ballard
Language English / German
Translator John Henry Gordon (1838–1878), English text
Publisher. Info. New York: Wm. Vanderbeek, 1852.
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For Voice and Guitar (Müller)
Arranger Julius E. Müller
Language English
Translator John Henry Gordon (1838–1878)
Publisher. Info. Baltimore: G. Willig, Jr., 1851. Plate 2384
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Misc. Notes Julius E. Müller also wrote an arrangement for piano
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For Voice and Guitar (Weber)
Arranger Carl Gottwalt Weber (1815-1879)
Language English / German
Translator John Henry Gordon (1838–1878), English text
Publisher. Info. St. Louis: Balmer & Weber, 1850. Plate 275.
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For Voice and Guitar (Zorer)
Arranger Maximilian Zorer (fl.1848–fl.1868?)
Language English
Translator Charles Godfrey Leland (1824–1903), English text
Publisher. Info. New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 1849. Plate 475.
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Misc. Notes Odd last chord here - D♯ minor? (major? Still, even as a bridge between strophes of a D major song, somewhat odd.)
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For 7-String Guitar (Morkov)

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Arranger Vladimir Morkov (1801–1864)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Jurgenson, n.d.[1886]. Plate 9518.
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Misc. Notes from Matanya Ophee Collection.
this work is a transformation from Johann Kaspar Mertz's arrangement to 7-string guitar.
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For 7-String Guitar (Rusanov)
Arranger Valerian Rusanov (1866–1918)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: V. A. Rusanov, 1905. Plate B. 17 P.
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Misc. Notes excerpt from the magazine "Guitarist" 1905 No.8-9
This is a adaptation for 7-strings guitar from the arrangement by Johann Kaspar Mertz.
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For Guitar (Mertz)
Arranger Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806–1856)
Publisher. Info. Portefeuille für Guitarrespieler Heft 4
München: Jos. Aibl, n.d. Plate P. 889.
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Arranger Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806–1856)
Publisher. Info. (Boston, Mass.): Walter Jacobs, (1909).
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Misc. Notes in The Cadenza (Boston, Mass., Sept. 1909), Vol.16, No.3, pp.24-25.
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For Piano (Beyer)
See: 6 Morceaux élégants, Op.90, by Ferdinand Beyer.
For Piano (Haak)
Editor Leopold Haak (fl.1870s)
Publisher. Info. Rochester: Henry S. Mackie, 1874. Plate 1664.
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Misc. Notes Original images: 300dpi, black and white tif files approx. 3300 by 4200 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi,de-skewed, and set uniform margins. Arranger mistakenly(?) credited as H. Leopold.
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For Piano (Hartl)
Arranger André Hartl (fl.1879)
Publisher. Info. New York: Edward Schuberth & Co., 1879. Plate E.S. & Co. 428.
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Misc. Notes No.20 of the series "Sunbeams".
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For Piano (Krug)
See: Fantasie über Abt, die Schwalben, Op.37, by Diederich Krug
For Piano (Oesten)
Arranger Theodore Oesten (1813–1870)
Publisher. Info. Album du pianiste, No.11
Cincinnati: W.C. Peters and Son, n.d.(ca.1855). Plate 3068.
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Misc. Notes Original images: 300dpi, color jpg files approx. 3010 by 3840 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. Score lacks title page but others in this series with close plate numbers originate from W.C. Peters.
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For Piano (Richards)
Arranger Brinley Richards (1817–1885)
Publisher. Info. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., n.d.(ca.1861). Plate 21338.
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For Piano (Viereck)
See: Agatha, Op.99, by John Conrad Viereck.

General Information

Work Title 7 Lieder aus dem Buche der Liebe, v. C. Herlosssohn.
Alternative. Title
Composer Abt, Franz
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.39
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFA 48
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 7 songs:
1. Agathe
2. Irene
3. Adelheid
4. Agnes
5. Louise
6. Marie
7. Pauline
Text Incipit see below
1. Wenn die Schwalben
2. Ob ich dich liebe
3. Und ich sitz’ am offnen Fenster
4. Geh’ nicht so früh
5. Wie bist du so schön
6. Marie
7. Pauline
First Publication. 1846 – Stuttgart: Göpel
Librettist Carl Herlosssohn (1804–1849)
Language German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice, piano
External Links The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive
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