by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886)
Translation Singable translation by Natalie Macfarren (1826 - 1916)
An wildem Klippenstrande
Language: German (Deutsch)
[An wildem]1 Klippenstrande Ein Felsblock einsam ragt, Ihn haben von dem Ufer Die Wellen losgenagt. Jetzt liegt er halb versunken Trotzig im grünen Meer, Die weißen Möwen flattern Schrill kreischend um ihn her. Auf dunkeln Wasserpfaden Tanzt spielend leicht ein Schiff, Es klingt ein fremdes Singen Heran zum Felsenriff: "O wenn ich doch am Rheine Bei meiner Liebsten wär', O Heimath, alte Heimath, Wie machst das Herz du schwer!"
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Traunwart: "Am wilden" ; further changes may exist not noted above.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), no title, appears in Der Trompeter von Säkkingen, in Vierzehntes Stück. Das Büchlein der Lieder, in 5. Fünf Jahre später -- Werners Lieder aus Welschland, no. 2 [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 Hugo Brückler (1845 - 1871), "Am wilden Klippenstrande", op. 2 (Neun Gesänge aus Scheffel's Trompeter von Säkkingen), Heft 2 (Gesänge "Jung Werner's") no. 3, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gheorghe (or Georg) Dima (1847 - 1925), "Am wilden Klippenstrande", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from [Fünfzehn] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Feininger , "Werner's Lied aus Welschland", op. 14 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812 - 1883), "An wildem Klippenstrande", op. 60 no. 2, published 1875 [ low voice and piano ], from Werner's Lieder aus Welschland aus Scheffel's Trompeter von Säkkingen, no. 2, Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Isador) George Henschel (1850 - 1934), "An wildem Klippenstrande", op. 25 no. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Werners Lieder aus Welschland: Acht lieder aus Scheffels Trompeter von Säckingen, no. 2, Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Herbeck (1831 - 1877), "Werner's Lied aus Welschland", published 1877 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Drei Lieder aus Scheffel's Trompeter von Säkkingen, für Männerchor, no. 1, Wien, Spina [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Metzdorff (1844 - 1919), "An wildem Klippenstrande", op. 32 no. 2, published 1877 [ baritone or bass and piano ], from Werner's Lieder aus Welschland, von Scheffel, für Bariton (oder Bass) mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Am wilden Klippenstrande", op. 7 (Sechs Lieder aus "Jung Werners Lieder aus Italien von V. Scheffel, für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1876 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Am wilden Klippenstrande", op. 34 no. 7, published 1879 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder "Werners" aus J.V. von Scheffel's Trompeter von Säkkingen, für Bariton mit Pianoforte, no. 7, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Am Strande", op. 12 no. 4 (1887-89), published 1889 [ medium voice and piano ], from Werner's Lieder aus Welschland nach V. von Scheffel's Dichtung "Der Trompeter von Säkkingen" für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Leede [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Traunwart , "Am wilden Klippenstrande", published 1889 [ low voice and piano ], from Werners Lieder aus Wälschland für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Vogl (1845 - 1900), "An wildem Klippenstrande", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from 14 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte aus dem Trompeter von Säkkingen, no. 2, Leipzig, Wild [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Natalie Macfarren)
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-09-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 70
A lonely crag stands yonder
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
A lonely crag stands yonder beyond the wild sea-shore, the waves with restless beating have thrust it there of yore. Half sunk 'neath foaming billows there it defies the sea, the whilewing'd gulls, they flutter about it dismally. On wat'ry pathway flitting, a skiff sails thro' the night, a sound of foreign minstrelsy on the air takes flight. Oh, that I were in Rhineland, where dwells my love forlorn; oh homeland, treasur'd homeland, afar from thee I mourn.
About the headline (FAQ)
From the Henschel score.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Natalie Macfarren (1826 - 1916) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), no title, appears in Der Trompeter von Säkkingen, in Vierzehntes Stück. Das Büchlein der Lieder, in 5. Fünf Jahre später -- Werners Lieder aus Welschland, no. 2
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2024-08-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 78