by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Ich denke dein, wenn mir der Sonne...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich denke dein, wenn mir der Sonne Schimmer Vom Meere strahlt; Ich denke dein, wenn sich des Mondes Flimmer In Quellen mahlt. Ich sehe dich, wenn auf dem fernen Wege Der Staub sich hebt; In tiefer Nacht, wenn auf dem schmalen Stege Der Wandrer bebt. Ich höre dich, wenn dort mit dumpfem Rauschen Die Welle steigt. Im stillen Haine geh' ich oft zu lauschen, Wenn alles schweigt. Ich bin bei dir, du seyst auch noch so ferne, Du bist mir nah! Die Sonne sinkt, bald leuchten mir die Sterne. O wärst du da!
L. Beethoven sets stanza 1
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 65, and with Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1796, herausgegeben von Schiller. Neustrelitz, bei dem Hofbuchhändler Michaelis, page 5.
Note: Wilhelmj's score has a typo in stanza 1, line 3: word 5 is "dich" instead of "sich".
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Nähe des Geliebten", written 1795, first published 1795 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Joseph Abenheim (1804 - 1891), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 72 (Sechs Goethe-Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1878 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrew Ager (b. 1962), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 59 no. 2 (2012) [ voice and piano ], from Goethe Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 4 (Syv Sange af J. Goethe, H. Heine, E. Geibel) no. 7 (1874), published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Kjöbenhavn: Wilhelm Hansens Forlag og Eiendom, also set in Danish (Dansk) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 35 (Four songs) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reinhold Becker (1842 - 1924), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 110 (Zwei Lieder für 1 hohe -- für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Herrn. Seemann Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Antonín František Bečvařovský (1754 - 1823), "Nähe des Geliebten", c1798 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Nähe des Geliebten", alternate title: "Ich denke dein", WoO. 74 (1799), stanza 1, a song with six variations for piano four-hands [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840 - 1913), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 23 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (August Joseph) Norbert Burgmüller (1810 - 1836), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 12 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1, published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Berthold Damcke (1812 - 1875), "Nähe des Geliebten ", op. 9 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4, published 1838 [ voice and piano ], Bonn, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Damrosch (1832 - 1885), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 17 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "Ich denke dein" [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775 - 1864), "Nähe des Geliebten", c1813/4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich (Ludwig Egmont) Dorn (1804 - 1892), "O wärst du da", op. 72 no. 3, published 1853 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexandrina Esterházy-Rossi (1844 - 1919), "Ich denke Dein, wenn mir der Sonne Schimmer vom Meere strahlt", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Hofbauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Horatia Feilding , "Nähe des Geliebten", published 1830? [ chorus and piano ], from Six songs, no. 3, London : T. Boosey & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Gerson (1790 - 1825), "Nähe des Geliebten", G. 57 (1811) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791 - 1874), "Nähe des Geliebten", published c1830, from Sechs Lieder von Goethe, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedikt Hacker (1769 - 1829), "Nähe des Geliebten", c1810 [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Harder (1775 - 1813), "Ich denke dein", op. 8 (Gesänge mit Begleitung der Guitarre) no. 3 (1805) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stephen (István) Heller (1813 - 1888), "Nähe des Geliebten", 1830-8? [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Friedrich Ludwig Hellwig (1773 - 1838), "Ich denke dein", 1805 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Nähe des Geliebten", 1826 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 129 (Zwölf Gesänge für Altstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1867 [ alto and piano ], Bremen, Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765 - 1814), "Nähe des Geliebten", 1807? [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765 - 1814), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 21 no. 3 [ voice and piano or guitar ], from Sechs Lieder von Göthe mit Begleitung des Pianoforte oder der Guitarre, no. 3, Leipzig: A. Kühnel (Bureau de Musique) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Nähe des Geliebten", 1914 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Jansen [not F. G. Jansen] , "Nähe der Geliebten", published 1863 [ voice and piano ], from Musikalisches Göthe-Album. Eine Sammlung Göthescher Lieder, no. 9, Berlin, Mendel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Ich denke dein", op. 6 (Sieben Lieder) no. 7, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Christoph Kienlen (1783 - 1829), "Nähe des Geliebten", published 1810, from Zwölf Lieder von Goethe, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 68, published 1882 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793 - 1832), "Nähe des Geliebten", published c1820 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Immanuel Friedrich Knapp (1784 - 1817), "Nähe des Geliebten", published 1809, from Sechs Lieder von Goethe und Matthison, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Kniese (1848 - 1905), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 7 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 75 (12 Lieder und Romanzen für 1 und 2 Singstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 7, KWV. 9111 no. 7 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 5 (Vier deutsche Lieder) no. 1, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], note: first published without an opus number; designated in 1867 as opus 5; München: Falter und Sohn [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Nähe des Geliebten", 1836 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 62 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Nähe des Geliebten" [ voice and horn or violoncello ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Ich denke dein", op. 9, Heft 3 no. 1 (1817?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rolf Martinsson (b. 1956), "Nähe des Geliebten", first performed 2015 [ voice and orchestra ], from Ich denke Dein, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Matthes , "Nähe des Geliebten", published 1886 [ mezzo-soprano or alto and piano ], from Kompositionen für Gesang. Heft 2. Sechs Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran oder Alt mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Annecke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Mauke (1867 - 1930), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 33 (Drei Gedichte von Goethe für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Anton Maurer (1777 - 1803), "Ich denke dein" [ voice and piano ], from Drey Lieder, no. 2, München: In der Falterischen Musikhandlung [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lise Maria Mayer (1894 - 1968), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 6 (Vier Lieder, für eine Frauenstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 2, published c1914 [ female voice and piano ], Wien : Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 15 no. 9 (1908), from 12 Goethe-Lieder, no. 9, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus (1827 - 1896), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 18 ([Neun] Lieder und Gesänge von Göthe), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oscar Merz (1830 - 1904), "Nähe des Geliebten", published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 2, München, Schmid [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Moltke (1783 - 1831), "Nähe des Geliebten", published [1814] [ voice and piano or guitar ], from Acht Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte oder der Guitarre, no. 4, Leipzig: Bey Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878 - 1941), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 11 no. 1, published 1939 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Gedichte von Goethe, no. 1, Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
- by Béla Nemes Hegyi , "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 8 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Budapest, Rózsavölgyi & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friederike Pallas , "Nähe des Geliebten", published [c1798] [ voice, piano, and harp ], from Lieder für Clavier und Harfe von Friederike Pallas in Halle, no. 1, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Eduard Pax (1802 - 1867), "Nähe des Geliebten ", published [1828] [ voice and piano ], Breslau: Bei F. E. C. Leuckart [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Ferdinand Pohl (1819 - 1887), "Nähe des Geliebten ", op. 3 (6 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published [1847] [ voice and piano ], Wien: Bei Tobias Haslinger's Witwe und Sohn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Nähe des Geliebten", 1795? [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Ich denke dein", published [c1805/6] [ voice and piano ], from Sammlung deutscher und italienischer Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, Heft V, no. 3, Leipzig: Bei C. F. Peters (Bureau de Musique.) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Ich denke dein", op. 5 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs deutsche Lieder, zwey davon mit Variazionen am Forte Piano zu singen von Vincent Righini, Königl. Preussischen Capellmeister, no. 1, Hamburg: Bey John. Augt. Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Ich denke dein", published [c1805] [ voice and piano ], from Sechs deutsche Lieder in Musik gesezt von Vincenzo Righini, Heft III, no. 4, Mainz: Bey Carl Zulehner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andreas Jakob Romberg (1767 - 1821), "Nähe des Geliebten", published [1799] [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Leder beym Claviere zu singen in Musik, no. 6, Leipzig: Bei Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2, D 162 (1815), published 1821 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Ich denke dein", op. 78 (Vier Duette für Sopran und Tenor mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3 (1849), published 1850 [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], Cassel, Luckhardt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl, Freiherr von Seckendorff (flourished c1819), "Nähe des Geliebten", published [1819] [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte in Musik gesetzt und seiner Schwester gewidmet von Carl von Seckendorff, no. 2, Leipzig: Bey Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 20 (5 Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 53 (Gedichte von Goethe: I) no. 2 (1815?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Ulrich , "Nähe der Geliebten", op. 8 (Fünf Lieder für tiefere weibliche Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1855 [ female voice and piano ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Caroline Unger (1803 - 1877), as Caroline Sabatier-Ungher, "Nähe des Geliebten", published [c1864] [ voice and piano ], from Lieder, Mélodies et Stornelli, no. 11, Leipzig: C.G. Röder, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 6 (Zehn Lieder) no. 8 (1901/2) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maria Wilhelmj (1851 - 1930), "Ich denke dein" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philip Wolfrum (1854 - 1919), "Nähe des Geliebten", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. 4. Heft der Lieder und Gesänge) no. 2, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Nähe des Geliebten", 1808 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905 - 1963), "Nähe des Geliebten", 1941, orchestrated 1960 [ female voice and piano or orchestra ], from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Josef Srb-Debrnov (1836 - 1904) ; composed by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich.
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- Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Emil Aarestrup (1800 - 1856) , "Den Elsktes Nærhed" ; composed by Valdemar Fini Henriques.
- Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by François Sabatier (1818 - 1891) ; composed by Caroline Unger, as Caroline Sabatier-Ungher.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Antoine Fayet, abbé (1815 - 1900) , "Présence", written 1861?, appears in Les beautés de la poésie ancienne et moderne, avec des notices sur les auteurs et des notes critiques et littéraires tirées des meilleurs écrivains français et étrangers, in Poésie allemande, Moulins, Éd. Martial Place, first published 1861-1862 ; composed by Louis Diémer.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by A. Bistrom , written 1825 ; composed by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831) , "Близость любовников" ; composed by Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Akimovich Slonov (1869 - 1930) ; composed by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nabijheid van de beminde", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Nearness to the Beloved", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , appears in The Poems of Goethe, first published 1853
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Proximité du bien-aimé", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Presenza della persona amata", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Penso em ti", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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