Oben, wo die Sterne glühen, Müssen uns die Freuden blühen, Die uns unten sind versagt; In des Todes kalten Armen Kann das Leben erst erwarmen, Und das Licht der Nacht enttagt.
Drei Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor (Three part-songs for men's chorus) , opus 27
by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908)
1. Oben, wo die Sterne glühen  [sung text not yet checked]
Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Ahnung", appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1812-1827, no. 64
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2022
1. In the starry sky above us
In the starry sky above us . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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Authorship:
- by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908)
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Ahnung", appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1812-1827, no. 64
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2. Schweizerlied  [sung text not yet checked]
[Uf'm]1 Bergli Bin i [gesässe]2, Ha de Vögle Zugeschaut; Hänt gesunge, Hänt gesprunge, Hänts Nästli Gebaut. In ä Garte Bin i [gestande]3, Ha de Imbli Zugeschaut; Hänt gebrummet, Hänt gesummet, Hänt Zelli Gebaut. Uf [d' Wiese]4 Bin i gange, Lugt'i Summer- vögle a; Hänt gesoge, Hänt gefloge, Gar [z'schön hänt's]5 Gethan. Und da kummt nu Der Hansel, Und da zeig i Em froh, Wie sie's [mache]6, Und mer [lache]7 Und [mache's]8 Au so.
Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Schweizerlied", written 1811, first published 1815
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zwitsers lied", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Thomas A. Gregg) , "The maiden in the meadow", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "On the hills", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant suisse", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, pages 169-170; with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1815, pages 155-156; and with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Original-Ausgabe. Wien, 1816. Bey Chr. Kaulfuß und C. Armbruster. Stuttgart. In der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. Gedruckt bey Anton Strauß, pages 170-171.
1 Reichardt: "An ä"2 Schubert: "gsässe"
3 Schubert: "gstande"
4 Hiller: "di Wiese"
5 Goethe (Wien 1816 edition): "zu schön hänt s'"; and Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "zur schön hänts"
6 Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition), and Schubert: "machen"
7 Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition), and Schubert: "lachen"
8 Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition): "machen's"; and Schubert: "machens"
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2. Springtime
In the springtide . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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Authorship:
- by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908)
Based on:
- a text in Swiss German (Schwizerdütsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Schweizerlied", written 1811, first published 1815
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3. Der Fischerknabe  [sung text not yet checked]
Es lächelt der See, er ladet zum Bade, Der Knabe [schlief ein am]1 grünen Gestade, Da hört er ein Klingen, Wie Flöten so süß, Wie Stimmen der Engel Im Paradies. Und wie er erwachet in seliger Lust, Da spielen die Wasser ihm um die Brust, Und es ruft aus den Tiefen: Lieb' Knabe, bist mein! Ich locke den Schläfer, Ich zieh ihn [herein]2.
Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), no title, appears in Wilhelm Tell, Act I, Scene 1, Fischerknabe (singt im Kahn: Melodie des Kuhreihens)
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El noi pescador", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "The lake smiles, so inviting to bathe", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Claycomb) (Peter Grunberg) , "The smiling lake invites a swim", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "The fisherboy", first published 1911
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Marschner: "schlief am"
2 Marschner: "hinein"
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3. The fisher‑boy
The glittering waves . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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Authorship:
- by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908)
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), no title, appears in Wilhelm Tell, Act I, Scene 1, Fischerknabe (singt im Kahn: Melodie des Kuhreihens)
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