''Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence (Love-Story of the Beautiful Magelone and Count Peter of Provence)'' is an eighteen-section German narrative in alternating prose and verse, with prose and one poem per section, by Ludwig Tieck. Published in 1797, it relates an anonymous Occitan tale dating back to at least the 13th century. Count Peter of

Provence Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bor ...

leaves home in search of the reputedly beautiful Magelone, daughter of the King of Naples. He meets her, they fall in love, and they elope. But the two are separated by ill fortune and Peter becomes infatuated with a Muslim woman, Sulima. Peter and Magelone are eventually reunited and live happily ever after. The tale was expressed in print in French in 1453 (''Pierre de Provence et la belle Maguelone'') and in German in 1535 (''Die Schön Magelona'' ic. The latter, which served as Tieck’s immediate source, resulted from a 1527 translation by Veit Warbeck issued after Warbeck’s death as a chapbook, or ''Volksbuch''. Tieck’s narrative appeared in a three-volume collection of tales and dramas: ''Volksmärchen herausgegeben von Peter Lebrecht (Folk-Tales edited by Peter Lebrecht)''. In 1802 and 1803, Tieck worked on a drama based on the tale but completed only a short prologue in verse. Later, in 1811, ''Die schöne Magelone'' also appeared as a tale in his ''Phantasus''. Furthermore sixteen of the eighteen poems were published separately as a lyric cycle, ''Des Jünglings Liebe (Of the Young Man’s Love)''. Between 1861 and 1869

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...

set to music fifteen of Tieck’s eighteen poems, scoring them for voice with piano accompaniment. These were published as the composer’s Opus 33 in five volumes of three songs each in 1865 and 1869: ''Romanzen aus L. Tieck’s Magelone für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte ic'.

Timeline

:1453 Anonymous French ''roman en prose'' appears :c. 1470Anonymous German translation appears :1527 Veit Warbeck completes his translation in manuscript form :1535 Warbeck’s translation is published posthumously as a ''Volksbuch'' :under the title ''Die sehr lustige Histori vonn der schönen Magelona ... und von einem Ritter genannt Peter mit den silberin schlüsseln.'' :1796 Tieck adapts Warbeck's version as ''Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter aus der Provence'' :1797 Tieck publishes ''Volksmärchen herausgegeben von Peter Lebrecht'', which includes ''The Fair Magelone'' :1811 Tieck publishes the first part of ''Phantasus'', which includes a revised version of ''The Fair Magelone'' under its present title :1836-37 Gustav Schwab includes another version of the tale in his series of ''Deutsche Volksbücher'' (''German Chapbooks'') :1845-66 Karl Simrock includes ''The Fair Magelone'' in his series of ''Deutsche Volksbücher'' :1861-69 Johannes Brahms sets fifteen of Tieck's Magelone lyrics to music :1912 Peter Jerusalem includes Warbeck's version of ''The Fair Magelone'' in a volume of ''Deutsche Volksbücher''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liebesgeschichte Der Schonen Magelone Und Des Grafen Peter Von Provence German poems 1797 books 1797 poems Books about nobility Works by Ludwig Tieck