Quietly I sat in front of the alpine house

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by Karl Ziegler (1812 - 1877)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Still saß ich vor dem Alpenhaus

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Still saß ich vor dem Alpenhaus
In duftigreiner Frühlingsnacht,
Sah weit in's Hochgebirg hinaus,
Es war umglänzt von Sternenpracht.

Wer sagt mir: Welch ein Zauber quoll
Beseligend in dieser Luft?
Ich weiß allein: mein Herz war voll
Von Sternenlicht und Alpenduft.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Dessauer

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Confirmed with Morgenblatt zur Bayerischen Zeitung, [13. Band], Nr. 131 (12. Mai 1865), page 445.

Text Authorship:

by Karl Ziegler (1812 - 1877), "Am Alpenhause" [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by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "Das Alpenhaus", 1854 [ voice and piano ], unpublished, confirmed with the manuscript in Huldigung der Tonsetzer Wiens an Ihre Majestät die allerdurchlauchtigste Frau Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Kaiserin von Österreich, Königin von Ungarn und Böhmen etc. Überreicht von der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde des österreichischen Kaiserstaates 1854 held in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Quietly I sat in front of the alpine...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Quietly I sat in front of the alpine house
In a springtime night of scented purity,
I gazed far out into the high mountains,
Which were irradiated by the splendour of the stars.

Who can tell me: What enchantment welled forth
Blissfully in this air?
I only know: my heart was full
Of starlight and of alpine scents.

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Translations of titles:
"Am Alpenhause" = "At the alpine house"
"Das Alpenhaus" = "The alpine house"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Ziegler (1812 - 1877), "Am Alpenhause"
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This text was added to the website: 2025-01-20
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Word count: 59