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by Ulrich Guttinguer (1785 - 1866)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

La Suissesse au bord du Lac
Language: French (Français) 
L'encens des fleurs embaume cet asyle, 
La nuit déscend à pas silencieux, 
Le lac est pur, l'air est frais et tranquille, 
La paix du soir se répand en ces lieux :  
Chorus
  Ô ma patrie, 
  Ô mon bonheur, 
  Toujours chérie, 
  Tu rempliras mon cœur !  

Venez jouir, ô mes jeunes compagnes, 
Du plus beau soir après le plus beau jour ; 
Faisons redire à l'écho des montagnes 
Ces chants si purs de tendresse et de l'amour : 
(Chorus)

Phœbé perçant à travers le nuage 
De mon ami m'annonce le retour ; 
Déja j'entends sur le lointain rivage 
Sa douce voix répéter à son tour : 
(Chorus)

Confirmed with Mélanges poètiques, par Ulric Guttinguer, Paris: Auguste Boulland et Cie., 1824, pages 107 - 108. Appears in Poèmes, in Romances et Poèsies diverses, no. 3.


Text Authorship:

  • by Ulrich Guttinguer (1785 - 1866), "La Suissesse au bord du Lac", appears in Mélanges poétiques, in 2. Poèmes, in 1. Romances et poésies diverses, no. 3 [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):

    [ None yet in the database ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "O theure Heimath" ; composed by Franz Wilhelm Abt, Anonymous/Unidentified Artist.
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Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2021-12-10
Line count: 19
Word count: 104

Würziger Hauch durchweht die...
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français) 
Würziger Hauch durchweht die Blüthenwipfel, 
Feierlich senkt zur Erde sich die Nacht, 
Still ist die See, der Alpen ferne Gipfel 
Strahlen verklärt in goldner Abendpracht.  
Chorus 
  O theure Heimath! 
  O wonniges Land! 
  Innig bleibt immer 
  Mein Herz dir zugewandt!  

Lasst uns den Abend feiern noch im Freien, 
Kommt, in dem Thal zu wandeln Hand in Hand; 
Lasst dem Gesang die letzte Stunde weihen, 
Lieblich ertönt das Echo längst dem Strand. 
(Chorus)

Hell ist der Mond am Himmel aufgestiegen, 
Sendet uns grüßend seine Strahlen zu; 
Nieder vom Berg des Alphorns Hänge wiegen, 
Laden uns ein zur sanften Abendruh'. 
(Chorus)

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Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "O theure Heimath" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Ulrich Guttinguer (1785 - 1866), "La Suissesse au bord du Lac", appears in Mélanges poétiques, in 2. Poèmes, in 1. Romances et poésies diverses, no. 3
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "O theure Heimath", op. 498 (Sechs Gesänge für S., A., T. und B.) no. 1, published 1877 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "O theure Heimath", op. 511 (Vier Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 4, published 1877 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Braunschweig, Bauer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "O teure Heimat!" [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], confirmed with Sammlung von Volksgesängen für den Männerchor, 29. Ausgabe für Deutschland, ed. by Ignaz Heim, Leipzig: Pabst Musikalienhandlung, 1902, song no. 115, pages 228 - 230 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2021-12-10
Line count: 19
Word count: 102

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