by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)
Translation by Ludwig Passarge (1825 - 1912)
Spillemænd
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)
Til hende stod mine tanker hver en sommerlys nat, men vejen den bar til elven i det duggede orekrat. Hej, kjender du gru og sange, kan du kogle den dejliges sind, så i store kirker og sale hun mener at følge dig ind! Jeg maned den våde af dybet; han spilled mig bent fra Gud, -- men da jeg var bleven hans mester, var hun min broders brud. I store kirker og sale mig selv jeg spilled ind, og fossens gru og sange veg aldrig fra mit sind.
Text Authorship:
- by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "Spillemænd", written 1871, appears in Digte [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Spillemænd", op. 25 (Seks digt af Henrik Ibsen) no. 1 (1876), published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peter Arnold Heise (1830 - 1879), "Spillemænd", published 1871 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ludwig Passarge (1825 - 1912) ; composed by Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Frederick Delius.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 87
Zu ihr stand all mein Sehnen
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Norwegian (Bokmål)
Zu ihr stand all mein Sehnen, in der lichten Sommernacht; Doch der Weg ging vorüber am Flusse, wo heimlich der Wassermann lacht. Hei! verstünd' ich wie der zu spielen, zu umgaukeln der Schönen Sinn, Sie lauschte wohl meinem Liede, sie folgte mir überall hin. Ich rief ihn herauf aus der Tiefe, er spielte, noch heut' mir graut; Als ich ein Meister geworden, war sie meines Bruders Braut. Zu großen Kirchen und Sälen trug mich mein Lied wohl hin, Des Wassermanns heimliches Singen geht mir nicht mehr aus dem Sinn.
A. Berg sets stanzas 1-2
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View text with all available footnotesText Authorship:
- by Ludwig Passarge (1825 - 1912) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "Spillemænd", written 1871, appears in Digte
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Spielleute", c1902, stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Spielmann", 1889-90, published 1892, from Seven Songs from the Norwegian, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 89