by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)
Wo bist du? trunken dämmert die Seele...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wo bist du? [trunken]1 dämmert die Seele mir
[Von all deiner]2 Wonne; denn eben ist's,
Daß ich gelauscht, wie goldner Töne
Voll der [entzückende]3 Sonnenjüngling
Sein Abendlied auf himmlischer Leier spielt';
Es [tönten]4 rings die Wälder und Hügel nach.
Doch fern ist er zu frommen Völkern,
Die ihn noch ehren, hinweggegangen.
Available sung texts: ← What is this?
• H. Apostel • P. Cornelius • O. Greif • J. Hauer • H. Reutter • R. Stöhr • V. UllmannAbout the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotesConfirmed with Friedrich Hölderlin, Sämtliche Gedichte und Hyperion, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1999, page 203.
1 Magnus: "Träumend"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Cornelius: "nach allen deinen"; Apostel, Greif, Hauer, Stöhr: "Von aller deiner"
3 Stöhr: "strahlende"
4 Stöhr: "tönen"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Sonnenuntergang", appears in Gedichte 1784-1800 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Erich Apostel (1901 - 1972), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 9 no. 2, published 1941 [ low voice and orchestra ], Wien: Universal-Edition, No. 11267 (Klavier-Auszug) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 15 (24 Lieder) no. 14 (>>2000) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Sonnenuntergang", 1862 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Olivier Greif (1950 - 2000), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 270 no. 2 (1990) [ voice and piano ], from Wie Vögel…, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josef Matthias Hauer (1883 - 1959), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 (1914) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Sonnenuntergang", 1935 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Sonnenuntergang", 1915 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Dem Sonnengott", 1965, first performed 1968 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Gesänge nach Hölderlin für Bariton und Klavier, no. 1, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946), "Dem Sonnengott", 1942 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für eine mittlere Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 1, published 1906-1913 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Klopsch , "Sonnenuntergang", 1935 [ low voice and piano ], from 2 Gesänge für eine tiefe Männerstimme, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Washington Magnus (1863 - 1917), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 10 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Mattiesen (1875 - 1939), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 2 (Zwölf Gedichte ; für eine Singstimme und Klavier) no. 10, published 1913 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig : Edition Peters [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frans Michielsens , "Sonnenuntergang" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Gerhard Natorp (1854 - 1924), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Marburg, Lorch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 67 (Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Hölderlin) no. 1 (1947) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johanna Senfter (1879 - 1961), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 120 no. 2 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Gesänge von Hölderlin, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Steffens (b. 1934), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 95 no. 2 (2008) [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge auf Hölderlin für mittlere Gesangsstimme und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 15 (Sieben Lieder) no. 1, published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Wien (Vienna), Robitschek [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Wo bist du?", alternate title: "Sonnenuntergang", 1943, from Gesänge nach Gedichten von Friedrich Hölderlin, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885 - 1974), "Sonnenuntergang", 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Grete von Zieritz (1899 - 2001), "Dem Sonnengott", op. 69 (1940) [ women's chorus ], Astoria AV 8030 [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Dämmerung", op. 70 no. 5 (1955), published 1956, first performed 1956 [ SATB soli, mixed chorus (boys, SATB), and orchestra ], from Lebenskreise, no. 5, Alkor Edition, Kassel
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Où es-tu ?", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Coucher de soleil", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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