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]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Text 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
Language: English
In the starry sky above us
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Text Authorship:
- by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908)
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- 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]
Language: Swiss German (Schwizerdütsch)
[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]4 Zelli Gebaut. Uf [d' Wiese]5 Bin i gange, [Lugt'i]6 Summer- vögle a; Hänt gesoge, Hänt gefloge, Gar [z'schön hänt's]7 Gethan. Und da kummt nu [Der Hansel]8, Und da zeig i Em froh, Wie sie's [mache]9, Und mer [lache]10 Und [mache's]11 Au so.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Schweizerlied", written 1811, first published 1815
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- 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 Becker: "g'stande"; Schubert: "gstande"
4 Becker: "Hänt's"
5 Becker: "de Wiese"; Hiller: "di Wiese"
6 Becker: "Lug di"
7 Goethe (Wien 1816 edition): "zu schön hänt s'"; Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "zur schön hänts"
8 Becker: "Au der Liebste"
9 Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition), Schubert: "machen"
10 Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition), Schubert: "lachen"
11 Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition): "machen's"; Schubert: "machens"
2. Springtime
Language: English
In the springtide
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Text Authorship:
- by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908)
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- 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]
Language: German (Deutsch)
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]2 die Wasser ihm um die Brust, Und es ruft aus den Tiefen: Lieb' Knabe, bist mein! Ich locke den Schläfer, Ich zieh ihn [herein]3.
Text 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 Curschmann: "spülen"
3 Marschner: "hinein"
3. The fisher‑boy
Language: English
The glittering waves
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Text 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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