Joseph Joachim, “Im Herbst.” Lied after Ludwig Uhland (Leipzig, 22 December, 1849), Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung (Sammlung Musikerbriefe an Hermann und Raymund Härtel, Mus. Sig. Härtel 117.
On the MS, in foreign hand, appears the question “Joachim? Jedenfalls” (“Joachim? In any case”). Beneath, Joachim has written, humorously: “Leider von mir! Joseph Joachim Berlin den 14ten Februar 1906” (“Unfortunately by me! Joseph Joachim Berlin 14 February, 1906”). The joke stems from many years earlier, in England, when a group of his songs appeared on a program as “Leider by Joachim” instead of “Lieder by Joachim.” (“Unfortunately by Joachim” instead of “Songs by Joachim”) Joachim often told that story at his own expense.
Ludwig Uhland (1787-1847)
Im Herbste [Joachim: “Herbst”]
Seid gegrüßt mit Frühlingswonne,
Blauer Himmel, goldne Sonne!
Drüben auch aus Gartenhallen
Hör´ ich frohe Saiten* schallen.
Ahnest du, o Seele wieder
Sanfte, süße Frühlingslieder?
Sieh umher die falben Bäume!
Ach! Es waren holde Träume.
*Joachim changed this to “Lieder.”