Verloren | Still bei Nacht fährt manches Schiff

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Still bei Nacht fährt manches Schiff

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE

Still bei Nacht fährt manches Schiff,
Meerfei kämmt ihr Haar am Riff,
Hebt von Inseln an zu singen,
Die im Meer dort untergingen.

Wann die Morgenwinde wehn,
Ist nicht Riff noch Fei zu sehn,
Und das Schifflein ist versunken,
Und der Schiffer ist ertrunken.

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Verloren", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen [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 Karl Baraquin (b. 1968), "Verloren", 1998, published 1998 [ medium voice and piano ], Éditions musicales Regia [sung text not yet checked]
by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Verloren", H. 82 (1867) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Verloren", op. 29 no. 6, published 1883 [ soprano and piano ], from Frühling und Liebe. Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz von Holstein (1826 - 1878), "Still bei Nacht ", op. 26 no. 5, published 1871 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Verloren", 1995, first performed 1997 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from ...was dem Herzen kaum bewußt... : Acht Chorlieder für Männerchor a cappella, no. 6, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
by Bruno Ramann (1832 - 1897), "Verloren", op. 1 (5 Gesänge für 1 mittlere Stimme) no. 4, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Dörffel [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernst (Friedrich Karl) Rudorff (1840 - 1916), "Verloren", op. 27 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Chor) no. 2, published 1878 [ four-part chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Meerfey", op. 69 (Romanzen für Frauenstimmen (Heft 1)) no. 5 (1849), published 1849 [ vocal quintet for 3 sopranos and 2 altos with piano ], Bonn, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Verloren ", op. 8 no. 4 (1885), published 1886 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Sechs Balladen und Romanzen, no. 4, Braunschweig, H. Litolff [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2005-03-24
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Word count: 45