Heimkehr | O brich nicht, Steg, du zitterst sehr!

O brich nicht, Steg, du zitterst sehr!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE SPA

O brich nicht, Steg, du zitterst sehr!
O stürz' nicht, Fels, du dräuest schwer!
Welt, geh' nicht unter, Himmel, fall' nicht ein,
[Eh]¹ ich mag bei der Liebsten sein!

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Text Authorship:

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Heimkehr", written 1811, appears in Lieder, in Wanderlieder, no. 9, first published 1815 [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 C. Altenburg , "Heimkehr", op. 3 no. 9, published 1900 [ soprano and piano ], from Uhland's Wanderlieder für Sopran mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 9, Braunschweig, Wollermann [sung text not yet checked]
by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Heimkehr", op. 7 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6 (1851), published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Collischonn , "Heimkehr", op. 7 no. 6, published 1897 [ medium voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Frankfurt a/M., (Steyl & Thomas.) [sung text not yet checked]
by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Heimkehr", op. 4 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 2 (1832), published 1832 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "Heimkehr", published 1834 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder von L. Uhland, no. 9, Berlin: Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich August Dressler (1827 - 1862), "Heimkehr", op. 12 no. 9, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Eckardt (1812 - 1885), "Brich nicht Steg", published 1836 [ voice and piano ], from 4 Wanderlieder von Uhland, Heft 1, no. 4, Berlin, Westphal [sung text not yet checked]
by Hubert Engels (1824 - 1891), "Heimkehr", op. 4 no. 9, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder von Ludwig Uhland für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Bremen, Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
by H. Fuchs , "O brich nicht, Steg", op. 6 no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Gernsheim (1839 - 1916), "Heimkehr", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by (Conrad) Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863), "Heimkehr", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 9, München, Schmid [sung text not yet checked]
by Henry Hepple , "Heimkehr", op. 4 no. 9, published 1876 [ mezzo-soprano or tenor-baritone and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder für Mezzo-Soprano (oder Tenor-Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Hamburg, Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
by F. Hernandez , "Heimkehr ", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "O brich nicht, Steg", op. 28 (6 Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 5, published 1844 [ four-part men's chorus ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Karl Johann Hofmann (1842 - 1902), "Heimkehr", op. 27 no. 6, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Liedercyclus für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustave Léon Huberti (1843 - 1910), " Heimkehr", 1868 [ voice and piano ], from 8 Wanderlieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
by Theodor Kewitsch (1834 - 1903), "Heimkehr", op. 17 (Drei Lieder) no. 6, published 1876 [ men's chorus ], from Sechs Wanderlieder für Männerchor, no. 6, Köln, Weber [sung text not yet checked]
by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Heimkehr", op. 34 no. 9, KWV 9106 no. 9, published 1818 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder von Uhland, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Heimkehr", op. 79 (Sechs Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen ) no. 6, published 1831 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Probst [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Friedrich Bonneval de La Trobe (1769 - 1845), "Heimkehr" [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf deutsche Lieder, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
by Georg Messner , "Heimkehr", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Mittelstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1901 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Eugenio di Pirani (1852 - 1939), "Heimkehr", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Pressel (1827 - 1890), "Heimkehr" [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Radnitzky , "Heimkehr", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder von L. Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 9, Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Joseph Schütky (1817 - 1893), "Heimkehr", op. 30 no. 9, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder von L. Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 9, Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Heimkehr", op. 87 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Cassel, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
by Caroline Unger (1803 - 1877), as Caroline Sabatier-Ungher, "Heimkehr", published [c1864] [ voice and piano ], from Lieder, Mélodies et Stornelli, no. 25, Leipzig: C.G. Röder, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by François Sabatier (1818 - 1891) ; composed by Caroline Unger, as Caroline Sabatier-Ungher.
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