by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Der Wandrer, von der Heimat weit, Wenn rings die Gründe schweigen, Der Schiffer in Meeres Einsamkeit, Wenn die Stern aus den Fluten steigen: Die beiden schauern und lesen In stiller Nacht, Was sie nicht gedacht, Da es noch fröhlicher Tag gewesen.
Composition:
- Set to music by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Am Meer", 1866 [ vocal duet for soprano and baritone with piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Wandersprüche, no. 8, Berlin, Duncker und Humblot, first published 1837
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "At the seaside", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Meditazione 7 dalle "Meditazioni del viandante"", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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