Freut euch des Lebens
(Redirected from Butterfly Waltz)
- "Taste Life's Glad Moments" by Alexander Boswell
- "Life Let Us Cherish", anonymous translation (Roud 1320)
"A favourite German song, commencing 'Freut euch des Lebens,' the author of which is Martin Usteri of Zurich; first published in the 'Göttinger Musenalmanach' for 1796 without the author's name. The music was written in 1793 by Hans Georg Nägeli." —"Life let us cherish," in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, (ed.) by George Grove, London: MacMillan & Co., Ltd. (1900)
Nägeli's melody became popular in its own right, and is often called Butterfly Waltz.
English-language translations of Freut euch des Lebens include: