Das zerbrochene Ringlein

"Das zerbrochene Ringlein" (The broken little ring) is a poem by Joseph von Eichendorff, published under the title "Lied" (lay, or song) in 1813 by Justinus Kerner et al. in the almanac Deutscher Dichterwald (German Poets' Forest) under the pseudonym "Florens".[1] The poem appears under Eichendorff's name in his first novel Ahnung und Gegenwart, written in 1812 and published in 1815.[2] It is also known by its first line, "In einem kühlen Grunde" (In a cool valley).

Old Mill in a Valley near Berchtesgaden (1840), by Robert Kummer
Das zerbrochene Ringlein
by Joseph von Eichendorff
First published in1813 (1813)
LanguageGerman
Subject(s)unhappy love
Rhyme schemea–b–a–b
PublisherJustinus Kerner
Lines20

Friedrich Glück set Eichendorf's poem to music under the title "Untreue" (Infidelity).[3] Friedrich Silcher wrote a 4-part arrangement for male choir[4] which became popular through its publication in Volksliederbuch für Männerchor (1906).[5]

The song has been recorded by many artists.[6]

Text
The song in Allgemeines Deutsches Kommersbuch, Lahr, 1896

Melody
Silcher's arrangement

The song as published by Friedrich Glück.[3]

\header { tagline = ##f % no footer title = "Untreue" composer = "Friedrich Glück" poet = "Joseph von Eichendorff" } \layout { indent = 0\mm \context { \Score \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } } global = { \key a \major \time 6/8 \partial 8 \tempo "Andantino" } sopranoVoice = \relative c'' { \global \dynamicUp e,8 | cis'4 cis8 cis [(b)] \noBeam cis | d4 (b8) gis4 e8 | a4 a8 \grace b (a) [(gis)] \noBeam a | \stemUp \grace cis (b4.) r4 \stemNeutral b8 | b4 b8 b [(cis)] \noBeam d | e4. (e8) \noBeam fis, \noBeam b | a4 a8 \grace cis (b) [(a)] \noBeam b \grace bis (cis4.) r4 cis8 cis [(b)] \noBeam b b [(cis)] d | e4. (e8) \noBeam fis, \noBeam d' | cis4 cis8 \grace cis (b) (a) \noBeam b | a4. r4. \bar "|." } verse = \lyricmode { In ein -- nem küh -- len Gru -- de, da geht ein Müh -- len -- rad, mein Lieb -- chen ist ver -- schwun -- den, das dort ge -- woh -- net hat, mein Lieb -- chen ist ver -- schwun -- den, das dort ge -- woh -- net hat. } right = \relative c' { \global r8 | cis8 e a cis, e a | d, e gis d e gis | cis, e a cis, fis a | e gis b e, gis b | e, gis b e, gis b | e, a cis d, fis b | cis, e a d, e gis | cis, e a cis, e a | e gis b e, gis b | e, a cis d, fis b | cis, e a d, e gis | <cis, e a>4. r4. } left = \relative c { \global r8 | a4. cis | b e | a fis | e (e) | d d | cis d | e e | a a, | e' d | cis d | e e | a, r } sopranoVoicePart = \new Staff \with { midiInstrument = "flute" } { \sopranoVoice } \addlyrics { \verse } pianoPart = \new PianoStaff << \new Staff = "right" \with { midiInstrument = "acoustic grand" midiMaximumVolume = #0.8 } \right \new Staff = "left" \with { midiInstrument = "acoustic grand" midiMaximumVolume = #0.6 } { \clef bass \left } >> \score { << \sopranoVoicePart \pianoPart >> \layout { } \midi { \tempo 4=66 } }

References
  1. Joseph von Eichendorff: "Lied", Deutscher Dichterwald, J. F. Heerbrandt'sche Buchhandlung, Tübingen 1813 (in German), p. 227.
  2. Joseph von Eichendorff: Ahnung und Gegenwart. Schrag, Nürnberg 1815, pp. 356–357 – via Deutsches Textarchiv
  3. Friedrich Glück (c. 1828). Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte (in German). Munich: Makarius Falter. p. 10 – via Munich Digitization Center.
  4. "Untreue" (Glück), from Volkslieder gesammelt und für vier Männerstimmen gesetzt: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  5. "491. Untreue". Volksliederbuch für Männerchor (in German). Vol. 2. 1906. p. 448 – via Internet Archive.
  6. Covers of "In einem kühlen Grunde", cover.info
  7. Robert Marcellus Browning, ed. (1984). "The Broken Ring". German Poetry from 1750 to 1900. The German Library, vol. 39. Translated by Geoffrey Herbert Chase. New York: Continuum. pp. 146–147. ISBN 9780826402820.
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