by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen
Language: German (Deutsch)
[Trübe]1 wird's, die Wolken jagen, Und der Regen niederbricht, Und die lauten Winde klagen: Teich, wo ist dein Sternenlicht? Suchen den erloschnen Schimmer Tief im aufgewühlten See. Deine Liebe lächelt nimmer Nieder in mein tiefes Weh!
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Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht, in Schilflieder, no. 2 [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 Curt von Arnim , "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Schilflieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 9 no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder von Lenau, no. 2, Wien, (Buchholz & Diebel Sort.) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Claussen (1843 - 1869), "Trübe wird's", op. 2 (Fünf Schilflieder von Lenau, für eine tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Toni Edelmann (b. 1945), "Schilflied II ", published c2003 [ voice and piano ], from Herbstlieder, no. 2, Helsinki : Sulasol [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst II, Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (1818 - 1893), "Trübe wird's", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Schilflieder von Lenau, no. 2, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 2 no. 3, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Friedland , "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder. Cyklus von 5 Gesängen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", published 1879 [ alto or mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Schilflieder von Lenau. Liedercyklus für Alt (oder Mezzo-Sopran oder Bariton) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Trübe wird's", 1909 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 7 (Schilf-Lieder) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Marteau (1874 - 1934), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 31 (Fünf Schilflieder) no. 2, published 1925 [ baritone, viola and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Mayer (1859 - 1931), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 5 no. 2, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder von Lenau für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 40 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Michael Quirin Reiter (1814 - 1875), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 10 no. 3, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Schilflieder, Gedichte von Lenau, für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 3, Zürich: Franz Hanke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Riemann (1849 - 1919), "Frühe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 17 no. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Abend-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Bielefeld, Sulzer [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Rothstein (b. 1871), "Schilflied", op. 2 (Zwei Lieder für mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Sulzer Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917), "Schilflieder III", op. 32 no. 3 [ medium voice and piano ], from Schilflieder = Chants des joncs et des roseaux, no. 3, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 2 no. 2 (1905), from Drei Schilflieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alwin Schutzer , "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Trübe wird's", op. 7 no. 2, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Schilflieder, no. 2, Dresden, Brauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel (1854 - 1912), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 10 no. 2 (1875) [ voice and piano ], from Schilf-Lieder, no. 2, also set in Flemish (translated by E. Hiel) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Zilcher (1855 - 1943), "Schilflied", op. 7 (Drei Lieder für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ alto and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & M. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emilie Zumsteeg (1796 - 1857), "Schilflied Nr. 2", op. 6 (Lieder) no. 2, published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text checked 1 time]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Sárvár-Felsővidéki gróf Széchényi Imre (1825 - 1898), "Schilflied" [ voice and piano ]
- by Carl Reichelt , "Schilflieder", op. 7 (Vier Lieder für Männerchor) no. 1, published 1877 [ men's chorus ], Essen, Silkrodt
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917) ; composed by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "It grows dark, the clouds are racing", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Darkness falls, the clouds are flying", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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