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Es donnern die [Höhen]1, es zittert der Steg, Nicht grauet dem Schützen auf schwindlichem Weg. Er schreitet verwegen Auf Feldern von Eis, Da pranget kein Frühling, Da grünet kein Reis; [Und]2 unter den Fußen ein nebliches Meer, Erkennt er die Städte der Menschen nicht mehr; Durch den Riß nur der Wolken Erblickt er die Welt, Tief unter den Wassern Das grünende Feld.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Liszt: "Höh'n"
2 Liszt: "Tief"
Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), appears in Wilhelm Tell [author's text not yet checked 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 Hans Heinrich XIV, Graf Bolko von Hochberg (1843 - 1926), "Der Alpenjäger", op. 29 no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gesänge aus Schiller's Wilhelm Tell für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Lied des Alpenjägers", op. 51 (Drei Lieder nach Friedrich Schiller) no. 3 (1905), published 1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Der Alpenjäger", S. 292, from Drei Lieder aus Schillers Wilhelm Tell, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Lied des Alpensängers" [ voice and guitar ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Alpenjägerlied", op. 195 (Zehn Gesänge für Männerchor) no. 3 (1860-70), published 1876 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Rust (1822 - 1892), "Auf der Alp", op. 30 (Zwei vierstimmige Lieder für S., A., T. und B.) no. 2, published 1875 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Alpenjäger", op. 144 no. 5, published 1864 [ medium voice and piano ], from Dichtungen von Fr. von Schiller, für eine Singstimme und zwei Singstimmen mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Alpenjäger", 1825? [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El caçador dels Alps", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Alpine hunter", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "The alpine hunter", first published 1911
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le chasseur des Alpes", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 62
The heights thunder, the little bridge trembles, but the hunter feels no dread on his dizzy path. He strides audaciously on the ice-fields, where no spring glitters and no shoot grows green; Far beneath his feet is a misty sea and he knows the towns of men no more; Only through a tear in the clouds does he glimpse the world far below the streams: a field turning green.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), appears in Wilhelm Tell
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 69