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'''"''Der Erlkönig''"''' (eng.: Erlking) is arguably the most famous German ballad. Goethe describes a nightly ride on horseback. A father tries to reach his home, his feverish child in his arms. The story of the Erlkönig derives from the traditional Danish ballad Elveskud: Goethe's poem was inspired by Johann Gottfried Herder's translation of a variant of the ballad.<ref name="Wiki"/> The poem was originally written by Goethe as part of a 1782 Singspiel, ''Die Fischerin'' (The [female] Fisher). It has been set to music many times. Best known is the version by [[Franz Schubert]]. <p>
'''"''Der Erlkönig''"''' (eng.: Erlking, Alderking or Earlie-king (Aytoun and Martin)<ref name="TranslationE1"/>) is arguably the most famous German ballad. Goethe describes a nightly ride on horseback. A father tries to reach his home, his feverish child in his arms. The story of the ''Erlkönig'' derives from the traditional Danish ballad Elveskud: Goethe's poem was inspired by Johann Gottfried Herder's translation of a variant of the ballad.<ref name="Wiki"/> The poem was originally written by Goethe as part of a 1782 Singspiel, ''Die Fischerin'' (''The [female] Fisher''). It has been set to music many times. Best known is the version by [[Franz Schubert]].<ref name="Wiki"/><p>
The poem is not only gripping for its dire theme: a sick child who dies in the end, the sudden end a depiction of the emptiness and horror the father must feel. The son's and the father's view of the world occur at the same time which leaves the listener in doubt which level is real; the father's assurance that his sons' visions are just fantasies and cannot hurt him are arguably false.<p>
The piece requires the singer to take more than one role. This frequently occurs in songs (''Der Tod und das Mädchen, Das Heideröslein''), but the dramatic exchange of the Alderking, the father, and the son still create a challenge for the performer.<p>
There is also another aspect to the song: The Alderking is characterized as a reckless abuser. First, he tries to bribe the child, sweet-talking and acting as a child himself. He then raises his bid to golden fabrics and girls for a company (the Alderking's daughters). When this also fails, he admits his physical attraction and resorts to brute force.<p>


The poem is not only gripping for its dire theme (a sick child who dies in the end, the sudden end a depiction of the emptiness and horror the father must feel. The son's and the father's view of the world occur at the same time; the father's assurance that his sons' visions are just fantasies and cannot hurt him are demonstrably not true.<p>
"Der Erlkönig" appears on the following album:
The piece requires the singer to take more than one role. This frequently occurs in songs (Der Tod und das Mädchen, Das Heideröslein), but the dramatic exchange of the Erlking, the father, and the son still create a special challenge for the singer.<p>
There is also another aspect to the song. The way the Erlking is characterized bears similarities to how an abuser might act. The  Erlkönig first tries to bribe the child, sweet-talking and acting as a child himself. He then raises his bid to golden fabrics and girls for company (the Erlking's daughters). When this also fails, he admits his physical attraction and resorts to brute force.<p>
 
== Der Erlkönig ==
 
It appears on the following album:


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Erreicht den Hof mit Mühe und Not;
Erreicht den Hof mit Mühe und Not;
In seinen Armen das Kind war tot."}}
In seinen Armen das Kind war tot."}}
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| language-note = Poetic translation
| libretto-text =<poem>Who rides so late through the grisly night?
'Tis a father and child, and he grasps him tight;
He wraps him close in his mantle's fold,
And shelters the boy from the biting cold.
"My son, why thus to my arm dost cling?"
"Father, dost thou not see the Erlie-king?
The king with his crown and his long black train!"
"My son, 'tis a streak of the misty rain!"
"Come hither, thou darling! come, go with me!
Fair games know I that I'll play with thee;
Many bright flowers my kingdoms hold!
My mother has many a robe of gold!"
"Oh father, dear father! and dost thou not hear
What the Erlie-king whispers so low in mine ear?"
"Calm thee, my boy, 'tis only the breeze
Rustling the dry leaves beneath the trees!"
"Wilt thou go, bonny boy! wilt thou go with me?
My daughters shall wait on thee daintilie;
My daughters around thee in dance shall sweep,
And rock thee, and kiss thee, and sing thee to sleep!"
"O father, dear father! and dost thou not mark
Erlie-king's daughters move by in the dark?"
"I see it, my child; but it is not they,
'Tis the old willow nodding its head so grey!"
"I love thee! thy beauty, it charms me quite;
And if though refusest, I'll take thee by might!"
"O father, dear father! he's grasping me –
My heart is as cold as cold can be!"
The father rides swiftly – with terror he gasps –
The sobbing child in his arms he clasps;
He reaches the castle with spurring and dread;<nowiki>*</nowiki>
But, alack! in his arms the child lay dead!
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<div class="footnotes">Translation by by W. Edmonstoune Aytoun, D.C.I. and Theodore Martin<ref name="TranslationE1"/>
<nowiki>*</nowiki>) Though ''Hof'' in German can refer to a castle; when it does, it is used like the term "court" in English. (''"bei Hofe": ''"at court").''"Hof"'' originally means "yard" (also synonymously used for household, or property). The way that Goethe uses it, it suggests the yard with the connotation of "his own property" as the most likely meaning, not the castle as Ayton and Martin assumed.</div>
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==Manuscripts and sheet music==
==Manuscripts and sheet music==
[[File:Incipit porque es in mis ojos.jpg|thumb|alt=Incipit porque es in mis ojos|Incipit porque es in mis ojos]]
[[File:Incipit wer reitet.jpg|thumb|alt=Incipit of "Der Erllönig"|Incipit of "Der Erllönig"]]
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General information:
:Opus/Catalogue Number H. 136
:Opus/Catalogue Number D.328 ; Op.1
:I-Catalogue Number IEG 25
:I-Catalogue Number IFS 194
:Movements/Sections 12 songs
:Year/Date of Composition 1815
:Year/Date of Composition 1914
:Librettist Fernando Periquet (1873-1940)
:Language Spanish


:Publisher Info. Madrid: Unión Musical Española, n.d.(ca.1915).
* First edition:  
:Reprinted Boca Raton: Masters Music Publications, n.d.
:First Publication 1821 - Vienna: Diabelli & Cappi, Plate D. & C. No. 766, 11 pages (4th version)
:Copyright: Public Domain<ref name="IMSLP"/>
:1895 - Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, Plates F.S. 504-506 (1st, 2nd, 3rd versions)<ref name="IMSLP"/>


==References==
==References==
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|first=
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|date= 1859
|title=Poems and Ballads of Goethe
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|location=Edinburgh and London
|publisher=William Blackwood and Sons
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