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Über den Bergen, weit zu wandern, Sagen die Leute, wohnt das Glück. Ach, und ich ging im [Schwarme]1 der andern, kam mit verweinten [Augen]2 zurück. [Über]3 den Bergen, weit, weit drüben, Sagen die Leute, wohnt das Glück.
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View original text (without footnotes)Note: in Greger's song, line 2 word 4 ("wohnt") becomes "wohnet" in the repeat.
1 Marx: "Kreis"2 Marx: "Aug' "
3 Marx: "Hinter"
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Busse (1872 - 1918), "Über den Bergen" [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Über den Bergen", 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 43 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Berta Bock (1857 - 1945), "Über den Bergen", op. 9 no. 1, published c1910 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritz Schuberth jr.; also , in the collection Lieder siebenbürgischer Komponisten, Book I [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Victor Cormann (1871 - 1963), "Glück", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Rost [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Friedrich Johann Girschner (1794 - 1860), "Über den Bergen", op. 16 (Sieben deutsche Lieder und Gesänge) no. 7, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Westphal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luise Greger (1862 - 1944), "Über den Bergen weit zu wandern", alternate title: "Über die Berge weit", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Berlin, Sulzer Nachf.; note: Hofmeister gives the title as "Ueber die Bergen weit zu wandern" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Über den Bergen, weit zu wandern", op. 8, published 1897 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ], Düsseldorf, Bayrhoffer Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Über den Bergen weit zu wandern", op. 57 (Sieben Lieder) no. 7 (1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Über den Bergen", c1901 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Sakolowski (1872 - 1913), "Über den Bergen", op. 18 (4 Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Herrn. Seemann Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Über den Bergen", WoO. 11 (1903) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Theodore Spiering (1871 - 1925), "Über den Bergen", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4, published 1906 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Über den Bergen", op. 4 no. 2 (1907?) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Jakob Kellner) , "Over the mountains", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au-dessus des montagnes", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "På den andre siden av fjellene", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Jakob Kellner
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 40
Over the mountains, far to travel, people say, Happiness dwells. Alas, and I went in the crowd of the others, and returned with a tear-stained face. Over the mountains, far to travel, people say, Happiness dwells.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Jakob Kellner, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Busse (1872 - 1918), "Über den Bergen"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 36