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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Ich sahe die blaue unendliche See
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich [sahe]1 die blaue unendliche See,
Wie [ward's]2 mir im Herzen so [wohlig]3, so weh!
Doch hab' ich Dein blaues Auge gesehen,
Und weiß nun selber nicht, wie mir geschehen.

Und wenn ich die blaue unendliche See
Auch immer und immer [wiedersäh']4 -
Das Wasser [ewig doch]5 Wasser bliebe:
Dein Aug' ist ewig unendliche Liebe!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Schnaubelt 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Achte Auflage, Berlin, Franz Lipperheide, 1874, page 125.

1 Commer, Otto, G. Schmidt, Schnaubelt, Sturm: "sah' in"; Stern: "schaute"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Schnaubelt: "ward"
3 Schnaubelt: "wohl"
4 Schnaubelt: "wiederseh'"
5 Schnaubelt: "doch immer nur"

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Liebesleben, in Lieder an Meieli, no. 1 [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 Franz Aloys Theodor Commer (1813 - 1887), "An Meieli", op. 39 (6 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Guttentag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "Ich sahe die blaue, unendliche See", op. 26 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Otto (1809 - 1842), "An Johanna", published 1877 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], from Achtzehn [Neunzehn?] Lieder und Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen, no. 9, Regensburg, Coppenrath [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Schmidt (1816 - 1882), "Die See und ihr Auge", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published <<1848 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Schnaubelt (1814 - 1871), "Die See", op. 42 no. 15, published 1871 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Lieder-Album für Männergesang, no. 15, Regensburg, Georg Joseph Manz; note: this edition erroneously attributes the text to J. N. Vogl [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Ich schaute di blaue unendliche See", published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Sturm (1842 - 1922), "Ich sah in die blaue, unendliche See", op. 40 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 54

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