Listening Guide
The Work
Key: F major alternating with minor (in Arnold Rose manuscript); G major/minor (in Schott edition)
Tempo: Lustig (Merrily)
Time Signature: 6/8 with 2/4 at the end of each pair of stanzas
Form: strophic and through-composed song form in combination (4 stanzas)
| Es ritten drei Reiter zum Thore hinaus! Ade! Ade! Fein’s Liebchen, das schaute zum Fenster hinaus! Ade! Ade! Ade!
Und wenn es denn soll geschieden sein, Es scheidet das Kind schon in der Wieg’! Und ist es nicht morgen, Ja, Scheiden und Meiden thut weh, thut weh! | There rode three horsemen out of the gate Farewell! Farewell! A sweetheart looked out of the window! Farewell! Farewell! Farewell!
And if we really must part, The child will leave already in its cradle! And if it won’t be tomorrow, Yes, parting is a sad thing! |