by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
Venedig
Language: German (Deutsch)
An der Brücke stand jüngst ich in brauner Nacht. Fernher kam Gesang; goldener Tropfen quoll's über die zitternde Fläche weg. Gondeln, Lichter, Musik - trunken schwamm's in die Dämmrung hinaus ... Meine Seele, ein Saitenspiel, sang sich, unsichtbar berührt, heimlich ein Gondellied dazu, zitternd vor bunter Seligkeit. - Hörte ihr jemand zu?
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Authorship
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), "Venedig", appears in Ecce Homo [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 Otto Freudenthal (b. 1934), "Venedig" [voice and piano], from Nietzsche Songs for voice and piano, no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Oskar Fried (1871 - 1941), "Venedig", op. 7 (Sieben Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Gustav Grube , "Venedig", published 1912. [voice, violin, and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Maria Herz (1878 - 1950), "Venedig", first performed 1926 [baritone and orchestra], from Drei Lieder für Bariton und Orchester, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Krug (1844 - 1902), "Venedig" [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Dora Pejačević (1885 - 1923), "Venedig", op. 53 (Drei Gesänge) no. 1 (1920), published 1919/20. [baritone and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Venedig", published 1901 [voice and piano], from Dichtungen von Friedrich Nietzsche, no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Wolfgang Michael Rihm (b. 1952), "Venedig", 2001 [voice and piano], from Sechs Gedichte von Friedrich Nietzsche, no. 6, confirmed with a CD booklet [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Venedig", 1961. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Venice", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Venise", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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