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[Wann]1 im letzten Abendstrahl Goldne Wolkenberge steigen Und wie Alpen sich erzeigen, Frag' ich oft mit Tränen: Liegt wohl zwischen jenen Mein ersehntes Ruhetal?
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with: Uhlands Werke, Erster Teil, Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year], page 45.
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- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Ruhetal", appears in Lieder [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 Felix Gotthelf (1857 - 1930), "Ruhetal", op. 4 no. 3, published 1891 [medium voice and piano], from Stimmungsbilder. [Vier] Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Eduard August Grell (1800 - 1886), "Das Ruhethal", op. 75 (Drei Lieder für Männerchor und Soli) no. 2, published 1886 [men's chorus], Berlin, Bahn [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Heinrich XXIV. Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz (1855 - 1910), "Ruhethal", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1883 [voice and piano], Wien, Gutmann [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Ruhetal", op. 64, Heft 1 no. 6, KWV 9108 no. 6, published [1825/26] [voice and piano], from Lieder und Romanzen mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 6, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Ruhetal", op. 11 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 2 (1833), published 1845 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Adolf Lorenz, Dr. (1837 - 1923), "Ruhetal", op. 59 no. 5, published 1877 [SATB chorus or men's chorus a cappella], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847), "Ruhetal", op. 59 no. 5 (1843) [chorus], from Sechs Lieder im Freien zu singen, no. 5. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Ruhetal", 1854. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Ruhethal", op. 14 (3 Gesänge für 3 weibliche Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1864 [vocal trio for female voices with piano], München, Aibl [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Ruhetal", op. 3 no. 1 (1903) [voice and piano], from Sechs Lieder von Uhland, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Valley of Rest", copyright ©
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Valley of rest", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Paisible vallée", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Jakob Kellner , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2016-04-17 13:24:16
Line count: 6
Word count: 24
When in the last rays of evening golden hills of clouds ascend, manifesting themselves like the alps, I often ask with tears: between them, is that where lies my longed-for valley of rest?
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Ruhetal", appears in Lieder
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:52
Line count: 6
Word count: 34