Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen,
Das einst die Liebste sang,
[So will mir die Brust]1 zerspringen
[Vor]2 wildem [Schmerzendrang.]3

[Es treibt mich]4 ein dunkles Sehnen
Hinauf [zur]5 Waldeshöh',
Dort löst sich auf in Tränen
Mein übergroßes Weh'.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 145.

¹ Meyerbeer: "Will mir das Herz"
² Schumann: "Von"
³ Franz, Hinrichs: "Schmerzensdrang"
⁴ Meyerbeer: "Mich treibt"
⁵ Hinrichs: "zu der"

Text Authorship:

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 40 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Joseph Achron (1886 - 1943), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 24 (1907?) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Edward Agate (1880 - 1940), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 1906 [ high voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 4, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
• by Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859 - 1937), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 106 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1898 [ soprano and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Ast (1875 - 1964), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 1 (7 Lieder) no. 7, published 1904 [ high voice and piano ], Wien: Ludwig Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Ayres (b. 1970), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Constantin C. von Bach , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 37 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Petersburg, Bessel & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Catharina Baum (d. 1876), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 1869 [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
• by Catharina Baum (d. 1876), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [ voice and piano ], Berlin: M. Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
• by Victor von Brasch , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 1 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Richard, Freiherr von Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff (1831 - 1891), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 24 (Acht Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 1 (1908), lost [sung text not yet checked]
• by Cecil Coles (1888 - 1918), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hugo Dakon , "Liebchens Lied", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
• by Leopold Damrosch (1832 - 1885), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by L. Deland , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 3 (Vier Lieder von Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", 1890?, published 1977 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Georgy Aleksandrovich Demidov (1837 - 1870), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Louis Ehlert (1825 - 1884), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 11 (Drei zweistimmige Lieder ) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Christian Friedrich Ehrlich (1807 - 1887), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nathan B. (H.?) Emanuel , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 3 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst II, Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (1818 - 1893), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from Vier Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Eugen Eschwege (1877 - 1945), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 1 (Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by O. Esfonde , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Louis (or Ludwig) Fanzler , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from 21 Lieder, Heft 2, no. 19 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Ihr Lied", H. 71 (1866) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Christian Fink (1831 - 1911), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5, published 1857 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Th[eodor?] Fischer (1858 - ?), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Näumann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 (1878), published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 5 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 11, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Richard Fricke (1877 - ?), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 12 (Lieder) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Siga Garsó (1831 - 1915), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für Tenor oder Sopran mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Cassel, Scheel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Hör' ich nur das Liedchen klingen", published 1902, from Zwölf Romanzen, no. 2, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Pyotr Nikolayevich Grigoriev , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791 - 1874), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 31 (Zweistimmige Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alfred Grünfeld (1852 - 1924), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 1 (Vier Gedichte) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Grüttner , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schirmer & Möllendorf [sung text not yet checked]
• by Victor Hansmann (1871 - 1909), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 12 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Harthan (1855 - 1936), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 35 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Heffner (1851 - 1900), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 13 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch  [sung text not yet checked]
• by J. Heinemann , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Henkel (1822 - 1899), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 41 (Zwölf Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 12 (1898) [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Hermann (1869 - 1912), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 1 (Zwölf kleine Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch (1806 - 1872), "Lied" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marie Hinrichs (1828 - 1891), "Hör' ich das Liedchen", op. 1 (Neun Gesänge) no. 9, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Joseph Huber (1837 - 1886), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from Vier Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Christian Jost (b. 1963), "Hör ich das Liedchen klingen", 2017 [ soprano or tenor, string quartet, flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 10, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933), "Anklang (Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen)", op. 53 no. 3 (1905), published 1906 [ high voice and piano ], from Stimmungen und Betrachtungen: Fünf Gedichte von Heine und Mosen, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Friedrich Kiel (1821 - 1885), "Hör' ich das Liedchen", op. 31, Heft 2 no. 8 (1864), published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis. Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 8, Berlin : Bote & Bock; reprinted in 1997 by Verlag Dohr, Köln. [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Bruno Oscar Klein (1858 - 1911), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 59 (Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Dieckmann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Oscar Kolbe (1836 - 1878), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Adolf Kölla (1822 - 1905), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 1 (Leid und Freud' : Vier Gesänge ) no. 1, published 1856 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinz Kratochwil (1933 - 1995), "Hör' ich das Liedlein singen", op. 1a (Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 5 (1952) [sung text not yet checked]
• by G. A. Lang , "Erinnerung (Hör' ich das Liedchen erklingen)", from Vier Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Per Lasson (1859 - 1883), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder-Album. Fünfzehn Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 13, Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolay Stepanovich Lavrov (1861 - 1927), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by F. Lemmer , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Theodor Leschetizky (1830 - 1915), "Sehnsucht", op. 6 (Vier Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 15 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Löwenberg , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder von Heine für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernest Nikolayevich Merten (1814 - 1876), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", 1837 [ voice and piano ], also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ferdinand Möhring (1816 - 1887), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 2 (Sechs Gesänge von Chamisso, Heine und Hoffmann von Fallersleben) no. 5, published 1838 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Crantz  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Carl Mühldorfer (1836 - 1919), "Sehnen", op. 22 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Kristian Genrikh Paufler , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger (1815 - 1891), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 1865?, from Fünf Lieder von H. Heine, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aleksandr Solomonovich Razmadze (1845 - 1896), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Martin Roeder (1851 - 1895), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 23 (Vier Lieder von H. Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Adolf Schimon (1820 - 1887), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 28 (Lieder), Heft 2 no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Heinz Scholtys (1900 - 1945), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [ voice and piano ], from 94 Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann Schreyer , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 48 no. 10 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 10, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Franz Joseph Schütky (1817 - 1893), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 11 (Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by L. Schwab , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Pyotr Petrovich Sokalsky (1830 - 1887), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by M. Spiro , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jan Gerbrand Striening (1860 - 1932), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 18--? [ alto and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alajos Tarnay (1870 - 1933), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Heine-Lieder, no. 1, Budapest, Rózsavölgyi & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by O. Torsell , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Berthold Tours (1838 - 1897), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 3 (Sechs Gedichte : von H. Heine und F. Dingelstedt) no. 5, published 18--? [sung text not yet checked]
• by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 6 (Liebeslieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine), Heft 2 no. 3, published 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
• by F. Vargues , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Veit , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 10 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Prag, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Martin Völker , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from Alle meine kleinen Lieder : vier Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Gerhard Wegeler (1765 - 1848), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from Sechs Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Weidt (1824 - 1901), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 48 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joel Weiss , "Hör ich das Liedchen klingen", 2016 [ voice and piano ], from Heine Lieder, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Wekschin , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Album of German Songs (later published as Sixteen German Songs), no. 3, London: Stanley Lucas, Weber & Col.; also reprinted by Recital Publications (Texas) in 1995 , also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
• by August Daniel Ferdinand Victor Wilhelmj (1845 - 1908), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from Sechs Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Theodorus Leonardus van der Wurff (1836 - 1900), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", 1863, published 1863, from Drei Lieder H. Heine, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Oscar Strasnoy (b. 1970), "Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass" [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Heine, no. 7
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• Also set in English, a translation by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937) , "Whenever I hear the strain" ; composed by Maude Valérie White.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Émile Deschamps (1791 - 1871) ; composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Pyotr Isayevich Veinberg (1831 - 1908) , no title ; composed by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov, Ernest Nikolayevich Merten.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , no title ; composed by Pyotr Nikolayevich Grigoriev, Nikolay Stepanovich Lavrov, Pyotr Andreyevich Shchurovsky.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892) , no title ; composed by Kristian Genrikh Paufler, Pyotr Petrovich Sokalsky.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Quan sento la cançoneta", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jan Rot) , "Hoor nou 's wat ze zingen", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Hoor ik het liedje zingen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "I hear the dear song sounding", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kun kuulen laulun soivan", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 40, first published 1827
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Όταν ακούω το τραγούδι που", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Assaf Levitin) (Michal Levitin) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Sento risuonare la canzone", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "Cuando escucho la canción", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: René Slot , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

Chut` tol`ko ya pesnyu usly'shu,
Chto pela kogda-to ona, —
I grud` moya xochet razbit`sya,
Stesnen`ya i boli polna.

I mchit menya mrachnoe gore
Vy'soko, k lesny'm vy'shinam.
Moe beskonechnoe gore
V slezax razreshaetsya tam.