Lied aus Ruy Blas MWV J 6 (Felix Mendelssohn)

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• (Posted 2016-05-02)  CPDL #39519:     

Editor: Alexander Reuter (submitted 2016-05-02).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 85 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Original version with piano accompaniment. Transcribed from Autograph stored at State Library Berlin.

• (Posted 2016-05-02)  CPDL #39512:     

Editor: Alexander Reuter (submitted 2016-05-02).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 80 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Version with pizzicato strings. Transcribed from Autograph stored at State Library Berlin.

General Information

Title: Lied aus Ruy Blas MWV J 6
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Lyricist: Victor Hugo

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: SS
Genre: Secular, Chant

Language: German
Instruments: String ensemble

First published:
Description: Original composed with piano accompaniment. For a scenic performance for harp accompaniment. This wasn't available so Mendelssohn was constrained to write for pizzicato strings.

External websites:

• http://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/dms/werkansicht/?PPN=PPN728225611&DMDID=DMDLOG_0022

Original text and translations

German text

Wozu der Vöglein Chöre
belauschen fern und nah?
Das Schönste, was ich höre,
ist deine Stimme ja.

Ob die Gestirne flimmern,
ob Nebel sie verhüllt,
die schönsten Sterne flimmern
in deinen Augen mild,

Ob Frühling überziehet
mit Blumen Feld und Flur,
die schönste Blume blühet
in deinem Herzen nur.

Die Stimme süß und klagend,
des Auges Stern so rein,
Die Blume, Düfte tragend,
das muß die Liebe sein.