by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
Die stille Wasserrose
Language: German (Deutsch)
[Die stille Wasserrose]1 Steigt aus dem blauen See, [Die Blätter flimmern und blitzen]2, Der Kelch ist weiß wie Schnee. Da gießt der Mond vom Himmel All' seinen gold'nen Schein, Gießt alle seine [Strahlen]3 In ihren Schooß hinein. Im Wasser um die Blume Kreiset ein weißer Schwan, Er [singt]4 so süß, so leise Und schaut die Blume an. Er singt so süß, so leise Und will im Singen vergehn -- O Blume, weiße Blume, Kannst du das Lied verstehn?
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• F. Kücken • F. Lachner • J. Rheinberger • C. Schumann • B. Wegener-KoopmanAbout the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Emanuel Geibel, Gedichte, Vierte Auflage, Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker, 1845, page 63.
1 C. Schumann: "Die stille Lotusblume" or "Die stille Lotosblume"2 Lachner, Wegener-Koopman: "Die feuchten Blätter zittern"
3 Rheinberger: "Flammen"
4 Kücken: "singet"
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 9 [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 Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 383 (5 Lieder für dreistimmigen Frauenchor mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 5, published 1870 [ three-part women's chorus and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 192 (5 Gesänge für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 2, published 1861 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 540 (Sechs zweistimmige Lieder mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 4, published 1878 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan van Amerongen (b. 1938), "Die stille Wasserrose", 1982, from Honda Trio, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Ast (1875 - 1964), "Die Wasserrose", op. 1 (7 Lieder) no. 2, published 1904 [ high voice and piano ], Wien: Ludwig Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. von Biegeleben , "Die Wasserrose", published 1882 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Böie (1822 - 1900), "Die stille Wasserose", op. 9 (Sechs Gedichte von E. Geibel) no. 3, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 30 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Adolf) Emil Büchner (1826 - 1908), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 18 (Fünf Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1858 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Nürnberg, Schmid [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Die Wasserrose", op. 23 no. 2, published 1847 [ voice and piano ], from 3 Gedichte von E. Geibel, no. 2, Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Die stille Wasserrose steigt aus dem blauen See", op. 18 (Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Die Lotusblume", op. 1 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 3, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 13 (5 Sange) no. 2 (1846) [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by K. Geibel , "Die stille Wasserrose", published 1858 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder von E. Geibel für mittlere Stimme, no. 5, Hamburg, Jowien [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter von Goethe (1817 - 1885), "Der singende Schwan", op. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugen Gottlieb , "Die stille Wasserrose steigt aus dem blauen See", op. 2 no. 3, published 1900 [ tenor or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Fünf Nachtlieder für Tenor (oder Mezzo-Sopran) und Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Weinberger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Schwanenlied", op. 39 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor)) no. 4, published 1851 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Hager (1822 - 1898), "Die Wasserrose", op. 15 no. 1, published 1857 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Gedichte von Geibel, no. 5, Wien: Spina [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Harthan (1855 - 1936), "Die stille Lotosblume", op. 5 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Köln, P.J. Tonger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Hermann , "Die Wasserrose", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Die Wasserrose", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1865 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Hill (1838 - 1902), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 14 (Zwei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1884 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Hinrichs , "Die Wasserrose", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie Charlotte Henriette von Kehler (1822 - 1882), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte und Violoncello) no. 2, published 1890 [ medium voice, piano, cello ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 47 no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 134 (6 Lieder für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1868 [ alto and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Die stille Wasserrose", S. 321 (1860) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by George W. Marston (1840 - 1901), "Die stille Wasserrose", published 1890 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Album für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 11, Leipzig, A.P. Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marguerite Melville (1879 - 1935), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Millöcker , "Die stille Wasserrose", published 1875 [ soprano and piano ], from Drei Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Wien, Bösendorfer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 193 no. 1, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Spina [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 51 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2 (1849-50), published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Louis Rée (1861 - 1939), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 18 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig-Reudnitz, Protze [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Die Wasserrose", JWV 131 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Riemann (1863 - 1927), "Die stille Wasserrose ", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1825 - 1904), "Die stille Wasserrose" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896), "Die stille Lotusblume", op. 13 no. 6, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Isidor Seiss (1840 - 1905), "Die Wasserrose", op. 14, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Seligmann , "Die Wasserrose", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Die stille Wasserrose", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Erstes Lieder-Album, no. 5, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by K.F.L. Weber , "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 2 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig : Lichtenberger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874 - 1953), "Die stille Wasserrose", published 1909, from Acht Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Weydert , "Die Wasserrose", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Schöneberg-Berlin, Weydert [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Die Wasserrose", op. 77 (Drei Gesänge für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 1, published 1889 [ satb chorus ], Leipzig: O. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Wurmb (1842 - 1907), "Die Wasserrose", op. 3 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Lilian Rebecca Clarke (1842 - 1921) , "The water-lily", appears in Exotics: Attempts To Domesticate Them ; composed by Arthur Foote.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Emma Coeckelbergh (1852 - 1921) ; composed by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title ; composed by Frithiof Hertzman.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Wijtse Rodenburg) , "De stille waterlelie", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "The quiet lotus-blossom/water-rose", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La fleur de lotus immobile", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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