- Lyrics written by
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Publication date
- 1789
- Language
- German
- Comments
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"Heidenröslein" or "Heideröslein" ("Rose on the Heath" or "Little Rose of the Field") is a poem published in 1789. Believed to have been written in 1771 during Goethe's stay in Strasbourg when he was in love with Friederike Brion, to whom the poem is addressed. The episode is the inspiration for Franz Lehár 1928 operetta Friederike, which includes Lehár's setting Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn.
But a different genesis of Goethe's poem is more plausible
German scholars have uncovered a number of variants that were circulating in the 1770's. Apart from a distant ancestor in 1602, these variants are all associated with Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803), another of the great names of German literature. - Licensing
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Adaptations
An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.
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Heidenröslein [poem] written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German 1789
- Heidenröslein written by Johann Friedrich Reichardt German 1794
- Heidenroslein D 257 written by Franz Schubert German 1815
- Heidenröslein, op. 53 no. 1 written by Václav Jan Tomášek German 1815
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Heidenröslein (Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn)
written by Heinrich Werner
German
1830
- Het roosje (Knaapje zag een roosje staan) written by Joop Stokkermans, Job Maarse Dutch 1978
- Heidenröslein written by Robert Schumann German 1849
- Heidenröslein written by Johannes Brahms German 1857
- Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn written by Franz Lehár German
Partial adaptations
A partial adaptation is a musical work which integrates only a part of another musical work, and this part is only a fragment of the new musical work.
Heidenröslein [poem] written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Heideröslein written by Gerhard Winkler, Walter Rothenburg German