"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".Joseph von Eichendorff: "Lied", Deutscher Dichterwald, J. F. Heerbrandt'sche Buchhandlung, Tübingen 1813 (in German), p. 227. The poem appears under Eichendorff's name in his first novel Ahnung und Gegenwart, written in 1812 and published in 1815.Joseph von Eichendorff: Ahnung und Gegenwart. Schrag, Nürnberg 1815, pp. 356–357 – via It is also known by its first line, "In einem kühlen Grunde" (In a cool valley).
set Eichendorff's poem to music under the title "Untreue" (Infidelity). Friedrich Silcher wrote a 4-part arrangement for male choir which became popular through its publication in (1906).
The song has been recorded by many artists.Covers of "In einem kühlen Grunde", cover.info
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The song as published by Friedrich Glück.
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