Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend

Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend
Über Wald und grünen Wiesen;
Goldner Mond, [am]1 blauen Himmel,
Strahlt herunter, duftig labend.

An dem Bache zirpt die Grille,
Und es regt sich in dem Wasser,
Und der Wandrer hört ein Plätschern,
Und ein Athmen in der Stille.

Dorten, an dem Bach alleine,
Badet sich die schöne Elfe;
Arm und Nacken, weiß und lieblich,
Schimmern in dem Mondenscheine.

Translation(s): CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE FRE

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• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 85 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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), "Sommerabend (Dämmern sinkt der Sommerabend)", op. 608 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 1. [four-part men's chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Sommerabend", op. 85 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1878), published 1882. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "Sommerabend", op. 40 (Drei Heine-Lieder) no. 2 (1926), published 1929. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Alphons Diepenbrock (1862 - 1921), "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", 1884, rev. 1909. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Catharinus Elling (1858 - 1942), "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", op. 12 no. 13 [voice and piano], from Catharinus Elling-Album, no. 13, Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Kongelig (Kgl.) Hof-Musikhandel [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Sommerabend", op. 3 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2, H. 77 no. 2 (1865), published 1866, from Zwei Gesänge (Dvě zpěvů), no. 2, also set in Czech (Čeština) [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Don Forsythe (b. 1932), "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", published c2004-5 [low voice and piano], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Sommerzyklus, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871 - 1937), "Die Wasserelfe", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1897. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Henrik Hennings (1848 - 1923), "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", op. 18 (Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 7, published 1878 [voice and piano], Kopenhagen, Prior (Leipzig, Kistner) [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Robert Hermann (1869 - 1912), "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", op. 5 (Sechs kleine Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1895 [medium voice and piano], Leipzig, Junne [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Ernst Friedrich Kauffmann (1803 - 1856), "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", published 1852-9, from Lieder und Gesänge : 36 Lieder nach verschiedenen Dichtern, Heft 6, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", op. 20 (Zwölf Lieder), Heft 1 no. 4, published 1876 [voice and piano], Dresden, Hoffarth [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Die badende Elfe", op. 33, Heft 1 no. 1, from Sängerfahrt : sechzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Miklaschewsky , "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Béla Nemes Hegyi , "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1894 [voice and piano], Berlin, Bote & Bock [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by F. R. Pfau , "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", op. 1 (Drei Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1892 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Fritzsch [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Edna Frida Pietsch (1894 - 1982), "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", op. 6 (Neun Lieder) no. 2, published 1980. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Nathaniel Rice , "Abendlied", op. 1 (Neun Lieder), Heft 1 no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Anton Rückauf (1855 - 1903), "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", op. 14 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1891 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Josy (Joseph) Schlageter (1883 - 1919), "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", published 1920. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Sommerabend", op. 4 no. 1 (1904), published 1907 [voice and piano], from Drei Lieder von Heine, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by H. R. Schröder , "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", from Fünf Lieder von H. Heine, no. 5. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by M. A. Snyder , "Sommerabend" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Dämmernd", op. 1 no. 83 (1945), published 1972. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847 - 1927), "Der Sommerabend" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Thümmel , "Abendlied", from Lieder im Volkston, Heft 2, no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Sommerabend", 1982, from Acht Heine-Lieder, no. 6. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 85. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", 1904, from 5 Lieder v. Heinr. Heine, no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Sommerabend" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by (James) Healey Willan (1880 - 1968), "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", published 1908 [voice and piano], from Three Songs, no. 1, also set in English [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by František Augustin Urbánek (1842 - 1919) DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE FRE by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) , "Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, pages 121-122, first published 1887 DUT FRE FRE CZE FRE by Healey Willan.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Georges Clerc DUT ENG ENG ENG CZE by André Messager.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist DUT ENG ENG ENG CZE by Robert Caby.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Leonard Lehrman) , copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Un réseau d'ombres emprisonne

Un réseau d'ombres emprisonne
Les prés, les champs et la forêt;
L'azur pâlit, le vent frissonne,
La lune à l'orient paraît.

Un grillon de sa chanson vive
Lutine le ruisseau qui dort;
Un clapotement bat la rive;
Un bruit léger de l'onde sort:

C'est un Elfe errant à la brume,
Rasant du pied l'herbe et le jone,
Qui prend son bain au clair de lune,
Et vient de faire le plongeon.

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• by Georges Clerc [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

• a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 85 DUT ENG ENG ENG CZE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Franz Wilhelm Abt, Johannes Brahms, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Alphons Diepenbrock, Catharinus Elling, Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich, Don Forsythe, Henry Kimball Hadley, Henrik Hennings, Robert Hermann, Ernst Friedrich Kauffmann, Arno Kleffel, Franz Paul Lachner, Miklaschewsky, Béla Nemes Hegyi, F. R. Pfau, Edna Frida Pietsch, Nathaniel Rice, Anton Rückauf, Josy Schlageter, Othmar Schoeck, H. R. Schröder, M. A. Snyder, Korstiaan Stougie, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Thümmel, Wolfgang Ulrich, Johann Vesque von Püttlingen, Karl Weigl, Justus Hermann Wetzel, Healey Willan. Go to the text.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by André Messager (1853 - 1929), "Un réseau d'ombres emprisonne", published 1885?, from Nouveau Printemps, no. 3. [
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