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Die Sommernacht hat mir's angetan, Das ist ein schweigsames Reiten, Leuchtkäfer durchschwirren den dunkeln Grund Wie Träume, die einst zu guter Stund' Das sehnende Herz mir erfreuten. Die Sommernacht hat mir's angetan, Das ist ein schweigsames Reiten, Die Sterne funkeln so fern und groß, Sie spiegeln so hell sich im Meeresschoß, Wie die Lieb' in der Tiefe der Zeiten. Die Sommernacht hat mir's angetan, Das ist ein schweigsames Reiten, Die Nachtigall schlägt aus dem Myrtengesträuch, Sie schlägt so schmelzend, sie schlägt so weich, Als säng' sie verklungene Leiden. Die Sommernacht hat mir's angetan, Das ist ein schweigsames Reiten, Das Meer geht wild, das Meer geht hoch; Was braucht's der verlorenen Tränen noch, Die dem stillen Reiter entgleiten?
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Authorship:
- by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), no title, appears in Der Trompeter von Säkkingen, in Vierzehntes Stück. Das Büchlein der Lieder, in 5. Fünf Jahre später -- Werners Lieder aus Welschland, no. 3 [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 Hugo Brückler (1845 - 1871), "Die Sommernacht hat mir's angethan", op. 2 (Neun Gesänge aus Scheffel's Trompeter von Säkkingen), Heft 2 (Gesänge "Jung Werner's") no. 4, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Chop , "Die Sommernacht hat es mir angethan", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Trompeter-Lieder nach V. Scheffel's Dichtungen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Neu-Ruppin, Michaëlis [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Feininger , "Die Sommernacht", op. 17 no. 1, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Werner's Lieder aus Welschland, aus dem Trompeter von Säkkingen, von Scheffel, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Hamburg, Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812 - 1883), "Die Sommernacht hat mir's angethan", op. 60 no. 3, published 1875 [ low voice and piano ], from Werner's Lieder aus Welschland aus Scheffel's Trompeter von Säkkingen, no. 3, Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Isador) George Henschel (1850 - 1934), "Die Sommernacht", op. 25 no. 3, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Werners Lieder aus Welschland, no. 3, Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Hutter , "Sommernacht", published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], from Minne-Lieder. Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Metzdorff (1844 - 1919), "Die Sommernacht hat mir's angethan", op. 32 no. 3, published 1877 [ baritone or bass and piano ], from Werner's Lieder aus Welschland, von Scheffel, für Bariton (oder Bass) mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Die Sommernacht hat mir's angethan", op. 7 (Sechs Lieder aus "Jung Werners Lieder aus Italien von V. Scheffel, für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1876 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Sommernacht", op. 12 no. 2 (1887-89), published 1889 [ medium voice and piano ], from Werner's Lieder aus Welschland nach V. von Scheffel's Dichtung "Der Trompeter von Säkkingen" für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, Leede [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Traunwart , "Sommernacht hat mir's angethan", published 1889 [ low voice and piano ], from Werners Lieder aus Wälschland für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Vogl (1845 - 1900), "Die Sommernacht hat mir's angethan", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from 14 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte aus dem Trompeter von Säkkingen, no. 3, Leipzig, Wild [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-14
Line count: 20
Word count: 117
The summer night has gotten to me, I ride in silence, [Fireflies] whirr through the dark surroundings Like dreams,1 that once in a [former] good time Made joyous my longing heart. The summer night has gotten to me, I ride in silence, The stars sparkle so distantly and hugely, They are reflected so brightly in the bosom of sea, Like love in the depths of time. The summer night has gotten to me, I ride in silence, The nightingale sings from the myrtle bush, It sings so meltingly, it sings so tenderly, As if it were singing of sufferings that have faded. The summer night has gotten to me, I ride in silence, The sea surges wildly, the sea surges high; Of what use are the lost tears That slip from the quiet rider?
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View original text (without footnotes)English song title (Feiniger, Henschel): The summer night English song title (Brückler, Chop, Grädener, Metzdorff, Naubert): The summer night has gotten to me
English song title (Sommer): Summer night
English song title (Traunwart): Summer night has gotten to me
1 If this translation is used in Britain, please substitute “glowworm.”
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), no title, appears in Der Trompeter von Säkkingen, in Vierzehntes Stück. Das Büchlein der Lieder, in 5. Fünf Jahre später -- Werners Lieder aus Welschland, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-19
Line count: 20
Word count: 134