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Eine stille Zelle An blauer Welle, Das ist mein Leid. Wohlan, ich trag' es - Aber ich klag' es Doch allezeit! Ich hab' mein Leben An Gott gegeben Und das ist sein. Das wend' ich nimmer. - - Doch denk' ich immer: O, wär' es mein!
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- by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Stilles Leid", appears in Hochland-Lieder, in 10. Eliland: ein Sang vom Chiemsee, in 2. Reicher Fund, no. 1, first published 1879 [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 Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Stilles Leid ", op. 49 no. 1, published 1883 [ baritone and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee. Aus den Hochland-Liedern von Carl Stieler, no. 1, Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reinhold Becker (1842 - 1924), "Stilles Leid", op. 29 no. 1, published 1886 [ low voice and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee. Cyklus von 5 Gesängen aus den Hochlands Liedern von Karl Stieler, no. 1, Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Stilles Leid", op. 35 no. 1, published 1890 [ baritone and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Cyklus von 10 Gesängen aus Carl Stieler's "Eliland, ein Sang vom Chiemsee", no. 1, Leipzig, Rob. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Dannehl (1870 - 1947), "Stilles Leid", op. 25 no. 3, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Eliland, ein Sang vom Chiemsee. Ein Zyklus von elf Gesängen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Botho Sigwart (Philipp August) Graf zu Eulenburg (1884 - 1915), "Stilles Leid", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, Heft 2, no. 3, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Stilles Leid", op. 9 no. 1, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee von K. Stieler. Zehn Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Giehrl (1857 - 1893), "Im Kloster", op. 2 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 7, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], München, Schmid & Janke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Kindscher (1800 - 1875), "Stilles Leid", published 1883 [ high baritone and piano ], from Lieder des Mönches Eliland. Ein Cyklus in 10 Gesängen, no. 1, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "Stilles Leid", op. 12 no. 2 (1911), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Eliland - Ein Sang com Chiemsee, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Stilles Leid ", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Stilles Leid", op. 33 no. 1 (1891/92), published 1899 [ tenor and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee von K. Stieler, no. 1, Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Stollbrock , "Stilles Leid", op. 10 no. 1, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee von K. Stieler, no. 1, Rostock, Trutschel [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) Oskar Wermann (1840 - 1906), "Stilles Leid", op. 51 no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee von Karl Stieler. Zehn Gesänge, no. 1, Dresden, Näumann [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Quiet sorrow", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 46
A quiet cell By the blue waves, That is my sorrow. Now then, I bear it - But I lament it All the time! My life I have Given to God And it is His. That I shall never change -- Yet I always think: Oh, if it were mine!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Stilles Leid", appears in Hochland-Lieder, in 10. Eliland: ein Sang vom Chiemsee, in 2. Reicher Fund, no. 1, first published 1879
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 49