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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Die Abendglocken klangen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die Abendglocken klangen Schon durch das stille Thal, Da saßen wir zusammen Da droben wohl hundertmal. Und unten war's so stille Im Lande weit und breit, Nur über uns die Linde Rauscht' durch die Einsamkeit. Was gehn die Glocken heute, Als ob ich weinen müßt'? Die Glocken, die bedeuten Daß mein Lieb' gestorben ist! Ich wollt', ich läg' begraben, Und über mir rauschte weit Die Linde jeden Abend Von der alten, schönen Zeit!
About the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag, 1892, page 262.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Vesper", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer [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 (Karl Friedrich) Gustav Brah-Müller (1839 - 1878), "Vesper", op. 14 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Challier [sung text not yet checked]
- by C. Fehland , "Vesper", op. 3 no. 5, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], in Die musikalische Welt, Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Vesper", op. 56 (Vier Eichendorff'sche Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Johan) Andreas Hallén (1846 - 1925), "Vesper", op. 11 (Sanger) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Hartmann (1836 - 1910), "Die Abendglocken", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1875 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Dörffel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reinhold Ludwig Herman (1849 - 1919), "Vesper", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1886 [ low voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Hirsch (1816 - 1872), as Soliny, "Vesper", op. 2 no. 2, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Vesper", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1883 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), "Vesper", 1911-14 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Nachgelassene Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alphonse Maurice (1856 - 1905), "Vesper", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Ries [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emanuel Moór (1863 - 1931), "Die Abendglocken", op. 13 (Sechzehn Lieder) no. 16, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Vesper", op. 61 (Acht Lieder für gemischten Chor), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1873 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: C. F. W. Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Niggli (1875 - 1959), "Vesper", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878), "Vesper", op. 161, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Diabelli und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Vesper", op. 36 no. 11 (1923) [ voice and chamber orchestra ], from Elegie: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Nikolaus Lenau und Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 11, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leone Sinigaglia (1868 - 1944), "Vesper", op. 15 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Vesper", op. 9 (Lieder nach Gedichten von Eichendorff's) no. 8 (1885), published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Vesper", op. 120 (Sechs vierstimmige Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass) no. 2, published 1842 [ SATB quartet ], Kassel, Wilhelm Appel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Steiger , "Vesper", op. 9 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Budapest, Harmonia [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Sulzbach (1885 - 1932), "Vesper", op. 11 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Thelen , "Die Vesper", <<1926 [ men's chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by August Walter (1821 - 1896), "Vesper", op. 11 (Drei Gesänge) no. 3, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner, Ed. no. 2057 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Vesper", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 75
The evening bells were already
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The evening bells were already Ringing in the quiet valley When we sat together Up there, surely a hundred times. And down below it was so quiet In the countryside far and wide, Only the linden tree above us Soughed in the solitude. How are the bells ringing today As if I must weep? The bells signify That my love has died! I wish that I lay buried And that above me broadly spread out The linden tree soughed every evening Of the old, beautiful time.
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View text with all available footnotesTranslated titles:
"Vesper" = "Vespers"
"Die Abendglocken" = "Evening bells"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Vesper", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer
This text was added to the website: 2015-06-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 89