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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)

Es donnern die Höhen, es zittert der...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE SPA
Es donnern die [Höhen]1, es zittert der Steg,
Nicht grauet dem Schützen auf schwindlichem Weg.
  Er schreitet verwegen 
  Auf Feldern von Eis,
  Da pranget kein Frühling,
  Da grünet kein Reis;

[Und]2 unter den Fußen ein nebliches Meer,
Erkennt er die Städte der Menschen nicht mehr;
  Durch den Riß nur der Wolken
  Erblickt er die Welt,
  Tief unter den Wassern 
  Das grünende Feld.

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•   F. Liszt 

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1 Liszt: "Höh'n"
2 Liszt: "Tief"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), appears in Wilhelm Tell [author's text not yet checked 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 Hans Heinrich XIV, Graf Bolko von Hochberg (1843 - 1926), "Der Alpenjäger", op. 29 no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gesänge aus Schiller's Wilhelm Tell für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Lied des Alpenjägers", op. 51 (Drei Lieder nach Friedrich Schiller) no. 3 (1905), published 1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Der Alpenjäger", S. 292, from Drei Lieder aus Schillers Wilhelm Tell, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Lied des Alpensängers" [ voice and guitar ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Alpenjägerlied", op. 195 (Zehn Gesänge für Männerchor) no. 3 (1860-70), published 1876 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Rust (1822 - 1892), "Auf der Alp", op. 30 (Zwei vierstimmige Lieder für S., A., T. und B.) no. 2, published 1875 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Alpenjäger", op. 144 no. 5, published 1864 [ medium voice and piano ], from Dichtungen von Fr. von Schiller, für eine Singstimme und zwei Singstimmen mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Alpenjäger", 1825? [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El caçador dels Alps", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Alpine hunter", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "The alpine hunter", first published 1911
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le chasseur des Alpes", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

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