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Hätt' es nimmer gedacht, Daß ein Strom, so heiß, Im Winter würd' Zu starrem Eis! Daß ein Ringlein von Gold, So den Finger schmückt, Wie'n Mühlstein schwer Auf die Seele drückt! Daß nach prangendem Tag So stürmisch die Nacht, So krank das Herz! -- Hätt's nie gedacht!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Carl Siebel's Dichtungen, Gesammelt von seinen Freunden, Herausgegeben von Emil Rittershaus, Berlin: G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1877, page 230.
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Siebel (1836 - 1868), "Enttäuschung", appears in Dichtungen, in Letzte Gedichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Rudolf Artaria (1812 - 1836), "Enttäuschung", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Augsburg, Leipzig: Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clementine Becker , "Enttäuschung", op. 10 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1889 [ medium voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg August Behrens-Senegalden (flourished 1890s), "Hätt' es nimmer gedacht", op. 3, Heft 2 no. 11, published 1891 [ low voice and piano ], from Lotosblätter für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 11, Berlin, Sulzer Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques (Jacob) Blumenthal (1829 - 1908), "Enttäuschung" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Hätt' es nimmer gedacht!", op. 32 no. 1 (1889-91), published 1891 [ low voice and piano ], from Verlorne Liebe, verlornes Leben, no. 1, Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "Enttäuschung", op. 56 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Langensalza, Beyer & Söhne [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Karol Gall (1856 - 1912), "Hätt' es nimmer gedacht", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5, published 1880 [ baritone or alto and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph (or Josef) Gänsbacher (1829 - 1911), "Hätt' es nimmer gedacht", published 1891 [ high voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Wien, Rebay & Robitschek [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Hecht (1851 - 1932), "Nimmer gedacht", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1890 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Sulzbach [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Enttäuschung", op. 55 (Sieben Lieder) no. 5, published <<1905 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Kubin , "Hätt' es nimmer gedacht", published 1885 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Reichenberg, Schöpfer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Leberl (1884 - 1952), "Enttäuschung", op. 24 (Acht Gitarrenlieder) no. 6 (1922), published 2006 [ voice and guitar ], Frankfurt am Main: Laurentius-Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frank Leland Limbert (1866 - 1938), "Enttäuschung", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Hätt' es nimmer gedacht", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1883 [ medium voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Michael Ogarew (b. 1857), "Hätt' es nimmer gedacht", op. 87 no. 2, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 14, Leipzig, Lichtenberger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Pache , "Hätt' es nimmer gedacht ", op. 5 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ollendorff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Rée (1861 - 1939), "Enttäuschung", op. 11 (Vier Lieder für Alt-Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1891 [ alto and piano ], Leipzig-Reudnitz, Protze [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Schotte (1864 - 1917), "Hätt' es nimmer gedacht", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 3, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Uhse [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alwin Schutzer , "Enttäuschung", op. 23 (Sechs Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1878 [ low voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Gwendolen Gore) , "Disillusion"
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-03-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 46
I would never have thought That a torrent so ardent In winter would turn into Rigid ice! That a ring made of gold That adorns the finger Could press upon the soul Like a heavy millstone! That after a resplendent day The night could be so stormy, So sick the heart! -- I would never have thought it!
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Enttäuschung" = "Disappointment"
"Hätt' es nimmer gedacht" = "I would never have thought it"
"Nimmer gedacht" = "Never thought"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Carl Siebel (1836 - 1868), "Enttäuschung", appears in Dichtungen, in Letzte Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2021-09-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 57