Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome | Im Rhein, im schönen Strome

Im Rhein, im schönen Strome

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT DUT ENG FIN FRE GRE HEB ITA SPA

[Im]¹ Rhein, [im]¹ [schönen]² Strome,
Da spiegelt sich in den [Well'n]³
Mit seinem großen Dome
Das [große, heil'ge]⁴ Köln.

Im Dom da steht ein Bildnis,
Auf [goldnem Leder]⁵ gemalt;
In meines Lebens Wildnis
Hat's freundlich [hineingestrahlt]⁶.

Es schweben Blumen und [Eng'lein]⁷
Um unsre liebe Frau;
Die Augen, die Lippen, die Wänglein,
Die gleichen der Liebsten genau.

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• M. Ender • R. Franz • F. Liszt • R. Schumann • A. Urspruch

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 120.

Note: in the first version of the poem, Heine has "heiligen" in stanza 1, line 1, word 4.

¹ Hollmann, Urspruch: "Am" / "am"; further changes may exist for Hollmann's setting, not shown above.
² Schumann, Franz: "heiligen"
³ Liszt: "Wellen"
⁴ Liszt, Urspruch: "große, das heilige"
⁵ Franz: "goldenem Grunde"; Urspruch: "goldenes Leder"
⁶ Urspruch: "herein gestrahlt"
⁷ Ender: "Eng'lein"

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 11 [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 Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Im Rhein, im schönen Strome", op. 3 (Fünf Gesänge für Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 1 (189-?), published 1896 [ baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans van den Burg , "Im Rhein", published 18-? [ alto or baritone and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand Oskar Eichberg (1845 - 1898), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 5 (Drei Gedichte) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Moriz Ender , "Im Rhein", from Drei Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Im Rhein, im schönen Strome", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3 (1878), published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Frühlingzyklus, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Im Rhein, im schönen Strome", op. 18 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 2, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wilhelm Goldner (1839 - 1907), "Im Rhein", op. 2 (Drei Gesänge) no. 3 [ bass or baritone, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Rich. Grelling , "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
by Christian Friedrich Grimmer (1798 - 1850), "Das Bild im Dom zu Cöln", published <<1877, from Lieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
by William Gardiner Hammond (1874 - 1945), "Im Rhein", published 1903-9, from Heine Songs, no. 3, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Heinefetter (1833 - 1934), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 30 (Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm C. Hollmann (d. 1879), "Am Rhein, am schönen Strome", op. 5, published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
by Christian Jost (b. 1963), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", 2017 [ soprano or tenor, string quartet, flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 6, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858), "Kölln" [ voice and guitar ] [sung text not yet checked]
by W. Koerber , "Im Dom zu Köln", from Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Theodor Kugler (1808 - 1858), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", published 1830, from Skizzenbuch [sung text not yet checked]
by Adolph, Baron von Lauer-Münchhofen (1796 - 1874), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 6 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernst Linko (1889 - 1960), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 5 no. 1 (1914?) [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Im Rhein, im schönen Strome", S. 272, published 1856, rev. 1860 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ferdinand Möhring (1816 - 1887), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 16 (Lieder aus den Rheinlanden ), Heft 2 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878), "Das Muttergottesbild", op. 160 (Lieder) no. 1, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Diabelli und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Anton Rückauf (1855 - 1903), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte ) no. 3, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Im Rhein, im schönen Strome", op. 48 no. 6 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 6, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
by Bertram Shapleigh (1871 - 1940), "Im Rhein, im schönen Strome", op. 32 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3, published 1901, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Wilhelm Stade (1817 - 1902), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 4 (Vier [Fünf] Lieder von H. Heine) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Stehle , "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", published 1877 [ high voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Am Rhein, am heiligen Strome", op. 6 (Liebeslieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine), Heft 4 no. 1 (1875), published 1876 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Das Bild zu Cöln", op. 39 (Sechs Gedichte von Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by H. Willemsen , "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 3 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Steffen Wolf (b. 1971), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", 2017 [ bass and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Oscar Strasnoy (b. 1970), "Auf Flügeln des Gesanges" [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Heine, no. 5
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Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Albrecht Rodenbach (1856 - 1880) , "Van het Dombeeld" ; composed by Lodewijk Mortelmans.
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Also set in English, a translation by James Thomson (1834 - 1882) ; composed by John Joseph Becker.
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Also set in English, a translation by Jacques Ahrem ; composed by William Gardiner Hammond.
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Also set in English, a translation by Mabelle Shapleigh (flourished 1898-1938) ; composed by Bertram Shapleigh.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "In the Rhine, in the fair stream", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Arthur Westbrook) , "In the Rhine, that noble river"
FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 11, first published 1827

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