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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Ich sahe die blaue unendliche See
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich sahe die blaue unendliche See,
Wie ward's mir im Herzen so wohlig, so weh!
Doch hab' ich Dein blaues Auge gesehen,
Und weiß nun selber nicht, wie mir geschehen.

Und wenn ich die blaue unendliche See
Auch immer und immer wiedersäh' -
Das Wasser ewig doch Wasser bliebe:
Dein Aug' ist ewig unendliche Liebe!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Schnaubelt 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Achte Auflage, Berlin, Franz Lipperheide, 1874, page 125.


Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Liebesleben, in Lieder an Meieli, no. 1 [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 Aloys Theodor Commer (1813 - 1887), "An Meieli", op. 39 (6 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Guttentag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "Ich sahe die blaue, unendliche See", op. 26 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Otto (1809 - 1842), "An Johanna", published 1877 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], from Achtzehn [Neunzehn?] Lieder und Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen, no. 9, Regensburg, Coppenrath [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Schmidt (1816 - 1882), "Die See und ihr Auge", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published <<1848 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Schnaubelt (1814 - 1871), "Die See", op. 42 no. 15, published 1871 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Lieder-Album für Männergesang, no. 15, Regensburg, Georg Joseph Manz; note: this edition erroneously attributes the text to J. N. Vogl [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Ich schaute di blaue unendliche See", published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Sturm (1842 - 1922), "Ich sah in die blaue, unendliche See", op. 40 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 54

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