Gondelfahrer | Es tanzen Mond und Sterne

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Es tanzen Mond und Sterne

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

Es tanzen Mond und Sterne
Den flücht'gen Geisterreih'n:
Wer wird von Erdensorgen
Befangen immer seyn!
Du kannst in Mondesstrahlen
Nun, meine Barke, wallen;
Und aller Schranken los,
Wiegt dich des Meeres Schooß.
Vom Markusthurme tönte
Der Spruch der Mitternacht:
Sie schlummern friedlich Alle,
Und nur der Schiffer wacht.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 112.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Gondelfahrer" [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Der Gondelfahrer", op. 186 (Lieder und Chöre für 3 Frauenstimmen mit Pianoforte), Heft 4 (Bearbeitungen nach Motiven von Franz Schubert ) no. 19, published 1869 [ vocal trio of female voices or three-part women's chorus and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Der Gondelfahrer", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge für Bass oder Bariton) no. 4, published 1832 [ bass or baritone and piano ], Dresden, Paul [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Gondelfahrer", D 808 (1824), published 1872 [ voice, piano ], first setting; J. P. Gotthard, VN 325-361, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Gondelfahrer", D 809 (1824), published 1824, first performed 1825 [ ttbb quartet with piano ], second setting; Sauer & Leidesdorf, VN 652, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Pupillo) (Claretta Manara) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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