Es tanzen Mond und Sterne

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.

Translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

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

Authorship

• by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Gondelfahrer" [ author's text checked 2 times]

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

• 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 verified ]
• 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 verified 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 verified 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Pupillo) (Claretta Manara) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Lewis Grenville) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Zie dansen maan en sterren

Zie dansen maan en sterren
In spookachtig gedein.
Wie wil door aardse zorgen
Altijd bevangen zijn?
Je kunt in 't manestralen
Mijn bark, nu rustig dwalen;
En vrij en ongedwee
Wiegt je de schoot der zee.
Van San1 Marco's toren dreunde
De stem van middernacht:
Nu sluim'ren vredig allen,
Slechts de2 schipper blijft op wacht.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Gondelfahrer" CAT ENG FRE ITA SPA
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Karl Gottlieb Reissiger, Franz Peter Schubert. Go to the text.

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