Text Authorship:

• Singable translation by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952), "Der Himmel dort über dem Dach"

Based on:

• a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, written 1880, appears in Sagesse, in Sagesse III, no. 6, Paris, Société générale de Librairie Catholique, first published 1881
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952), "Der Himmel dort über dem Dach", op. 23 no. 7, published 1925 [ high voice and piano ], from Sept Poésies de Paul Verlaine = Sieben Gedichte von Paul Verlaine, no. 7, Leipzig, Milan: Éd. Elite No. 205 Edition D. Rahter (4408), also set in French (Français)

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Mabel (White) Dearmer (1872 - 1915) ; composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Ashmore Kyle Paterson Wingate (1881 - 1926?30) , appears in Poems by Verlaine, London and Newcastle, Walter Scott Publishing Company, first published 1904 ; composed by Cecil Coles.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ernst Hardt (1876 - 1947) ; composed by Rudolf Mengelberg.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Cäsar Flaischlen (1864 - 1920) , "Im Gefängnis", appears in Aus den Lehr- und Wanderjahren des Lebens, in Höhen-entlang, in Übertragungen, no. 3 ; composed by Franz Dannehl, Helmut Paulsen.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl Bulcke (1875 - 1936) , "Klarer Himmel", appears in Die Töchter der Salome, in Vermischte Gedichte ; composed by Erkki Gustaf Melartin.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Vassily Vasilyevich Nechayev.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Aleksandr Alekseyevich Olenin.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Julia Weissberg.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Fyodor Kuzmych Teternikov (1863 - 1927) , "Из Поля Верлена", written 1893 ; composed by Semyon Viktorovich Panchenko.
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