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by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886)

Schweigsam treibt mein morscher Einbaum
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Schweigsam treibt mein morscher Einbaum,
Klar und ruhig wogt der See,
Purpurwarme Abendschatten
Färben der Gebirge Schnee.

Eines Eilands Klosterhallen
[Dämmern aus der Flut empor]1,
Münsterglocken hör' ich schallen
Und der Schwestern frommen Chor:

 Sempiterni fons amoris
 Consulatrix tristium
 Pia mater Salvatoris
 [Have]2, virgo, virginum.

Summend, singend, rein verklingend,
Süß ersterbend kommt der Ton,
Luft und Welle führen schwingend
Seinen letzten Hauch davon.

Und die Rechte senkt das Ruder,
Im Gebet erschweigt das Herz
Und mir ist, als trügen Engel
Eine Seele himmelwärts!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Rheinberger 

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Confirmed with Joseph Victor Scheffel, Frau Aventiure. Lieder aus Heinrich von Ofterdingen's Zeit, zweite Auflage, Stuttgart: Verlag der J.B. Metzler'schen Buchhandlung, 1869, pages 187-188.

See also Zerlett's Ave Maria, which begins "Einsam treibt mein morscher Einbaum".

1 Rheinberger: "Tauchen dämmerhaft empor"
2 Rheinberger: "Ave"

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), no title, appears in Frau Aventiure. Lieder aus Heinrich von Ofterdingens Zeit, in Heinrich von Ofterdingen, in Am Traunsee, no. 2 [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Abendfeier", op. 599 (Vier dreistimmige Lieder für 2 Sopran und Alt (Solo und Chor) mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1882 [ SSA chorus and piano ], Regensburg, Coppenrath [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Am Traunsee", op. 607 (Fünf Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1883 [ four-part men's chorus ], Darmstadt, Bölling [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jan Willem Frans Brandts-Buys (1868 - 1933), "Am Traunsee", op. 42 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published <<1925 [ bass and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hugo Brückler (1845 - 1871), "Auf dem See", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ignaz Brüll (1846 - 1907), "Am Traunsee", op. 5 (Zwölf Gesänge), Heft 3 (Drei Gesänge für mittlere Stimme) no. 1 (186-?), published 1870 [ medium voice and piano ], Wien, Gotthard [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vinzenz Lachner (1811 - 1893), "Ave Maria am Chiemsee", op. 42 (5 Gesänge. Gedichte von J.V. Scheffel, für Männerchor) no. 5, published 1864 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Mengewein (1852 - 1908), "Am Traunsee", op. 38 (Drei dreistimmige Frauenchöre mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1886 [ three-part women's chorus and piano ], Mühlhausen i/Th., Lange [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Am Traunsee", op. 11 no. 2, published 1879 [ medium voice and piano ], from Frau Aventiure. Drei Dichtungen von J.V. von Scheffel, für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Hamburg, Leichssenring [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Am Traunsee", op. 22 (Vier Gesänge) no. 1 (1863), published 1869 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig: E.W. Fritzsch (1869), Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag, (2004, ed. Manuela Jahrmärker) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Leonhard Wolff (1848 - 1934), "Am Traunsee", op. 5, published 1874 [ baritone and vocal trio of female voices (or women's chorus) ad libitum with piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-11
Line count: 20
Word count: 87

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