Der Schmied, Op. 145, No. 1 - Schumann, Robert

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"In this song, a girl tells of her sweetheart, the '''blacksmith'''. The Breitkopf & Härtel edition, 1879-1912, is titled '''Der Schmidt''' instead of '''Der Schmied'''. As I have no access to the sources, I don't know whether the (nonsensical!) writing error comes from the Schumanns (Robert, the composer, or Clara, the editor) or from Breitkopf & Härtel. You may check that the poem is called '''Der Schmied''' (as is also the correct German spelling today) in: * ''Gedichte von Ludwig Uhland, Stuttgart und Tübingen in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1815'', page 50; see link to BSB. * ''Gedichte von Ludwig Uhland, Paris, Baudry's europäische Buchhandlung, 1840'', page 30, see link to digitalisat by Google. The error caused that there is even a Youtube video today with the title 'Schumann - Der Schmidt'. Perhaps CPDL is partly responsible too because the bad title here exists since 2006."

⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Lieder

♯ Key B- major

⁄ Time Signature 3/8

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Advanced

↕ Range B-2 – G5

¶ Language → German

Measures 68

Texture Homophonic

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 3

CPDL # 46383

Editor Nikolaus Hold

Posted 2017-09-18

License Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial

♫Pitch Ranges

Sopran Alt

B-3 – G5

Tenor

B-2 – F4

Bass

B-2 – D4

¶Lyrics / Text

Ich hör' meinen Schatz, Den Hammer er schwinget, Das rauschet, das klinget, Das dringt in die Weite, Wie Glockengeläute, Durch Gassen und Platz. Am schwarzen Kamin, Da sitzet mein Lieber, Doch geh' ich vorüber, Die Bälge dann sausen, Die Flammen aufbrausen Und lodern um ihn.