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Beim Scheiden
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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2 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SATB · James Gibb
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Beim Scheiden by Robert Franz — Lyrics
Zwei Röslein tät sie schneiden,
zwei Röslein rot wie Blut
und frisch wie ihre Wangen,
die steckt' sie mir beim Scheiden,
da sie mein Arm umfangen,
mit Tränen auf den Hut.
"Lieber Schatz, nun lass Dein Weinen,
die Liebe welket nicht,
so wie die Rosen sterben."
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About Beim Scheiden
Robert Franz’s setting of Beim Scheiden paints a poignant scene of parting. The text describes a lover giving two red roses, as red as blood and her cheeks, to her beloved as she embraces him for the last time before he leaves. Tears fall onto his hat. He tries to comfort her, comparing their love to roses that do not wither. The piece is a secular German/English SATB part-song. The music reflects the tender melancholy of the situation, with the composer ensuring that while the roses may fade, love and beauty will endure and bloom anew, like the myrtle that will flourish where the roses once stood.
