Ach, wie wär's möglich dann (Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken)

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  • (Posted 2018-09-04)  CPDL #51184:     
Editor: Nikolaus Hold (submitted 2018-09-04).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 45 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
Edition notes: For male chorus from Polyhymnia (Bösche, Linnarz, Reinbrecht), volume 2. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
  • (Posted 2018-02-19)  CPDL #48865:     
Editor: Nikolaus Hold (submitted 2018-02-19).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 49 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
Edition notes: For mixed chorus from Sammlung von Volksgesängen für den gemischten Chor (Ignaz Heim). MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Ach, wie wär's möglich dann
Alternative titles: Ach, wie ist's möglich dann, Treue Liebe, Herzenswünsche
Composer: Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken
Lyricist: Wilhelmine von Chézy

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SATB or TTBB

Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1868 in Sammlung von Volksgesängen für den gemischten Chor (Ignaz Heim), no. 117
    2nd published: 1906 in Volksliederbuch für Männerchor, no. 446
    3rd published: 1912 in Polyhymnia (Bösche, Linnarz, Reinbrecht), no. 4
    4th published: 1915 in Volksliederbuch für gemischten Chor, no. 389

Description: The text is a rewriting of an old folk song from the Thüringer Wald. English title: You Have Taken My Soul.

External websites: Ach wie ist's möglich dann by the Comedian Harmonists

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Ach, wie ist's möglich dann (Friedrich Silcher).