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Auf eines Berges Gipfel Da möcht' ich mit dir stehn, Auf Täler, Waldeswipfel Mit dir herniedersehn; Da möcht' ich rings dir zeigen Die Welt im Frühlingsschein, Und sprechen: wär's mein Eigen, So wär' es mein und dein. In meiner Seelen Tiefen, O sähst du da hinab, Wo alle Lieder schliefen, Die je ein Gott mir gab! Da würdest du erkennen: Wenn [Echtes]1 ich erstrebt, Und mag's auch dich nicht nennen, Doch ist's von dir belebt.
C. Swienty sets stanza 1
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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], pages 41-42.
1 Lang: "Ächtes"Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Der Ungenannten", appears in Lieder [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 Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Der Ungenannten", op. 39 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Auf eines Berges Gipfel", op. 3 no. 6, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Junge Lieder : Drittes Buch, no. 6, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Constantin Decker (1810 - 1878), "Der Ungenannten", op. 2 (Sieben Lieder) no. 3 [ baritone or alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luise von Drieberg (1801 - 1843), "Der Ungenannten", op. 4 no. 2, published 1842 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Gruss an die Ostsee. Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin: Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Eberhardt (1855 - 1922), "Der Ungenannten", op. 20, Heft 1 no. 1, published 1891 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Amata. Ein Cyklus von 30 Liedern für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Der Ungenannten", op. 100 (Neue Gesänge für eine Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 5, published 1862 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart: Cotta'scher Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 - 1921), "Der Ungenannten", 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ignaz Lachner (1807 - 1895), "Der Ungenannten", op. 43 no. 2 [ voice, horn or cello, piano ], from Zwei Lieder für eine Stimme mit Pianoforte und Waldhorn oder Violoncello, no. 2, Leipzig: Hofmeister [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Der Ungenannten", 1849-1853 [ ttbb chorus ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Auf eines Berges Gipfel", published 1832 [ voice and piano ], from Minnefahrt in neun Gesängen von L. Uhland [op. 14 ?], no. 6, München, Falter [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Der Ungenannten ", op. 6 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1869 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Naumann (1827 - 1888), "Widmung", op. 22 no. 1, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Rheinische Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Dresden, Ries [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Reimann (1850 - 1906), "Der Ungenannten", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1881 [ soprano and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Silvio Rigutini , "Der Ungenannten", published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 3, Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Der Ungenannten", op. 21 (10 Lieder) no. 1, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Schön (1855 - 1925), "Der Ungenannten", published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from [Neun] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Wien, Rättig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Schultz , "Der Ungenannten ", op. 3 ([Drei] Lieder für 1 Männerstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1894 [ male voice and piano ], Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claus Swienty , "Mein und dein", stanza 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by H. Weimar , "Der Ungenannten", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Der Ungenannten", op. 13 (Drei Lieder für mittlere Stimme) no. 2 (1903/4) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Carl Wolf (1859 - 1932), "Der Ungenannten", op. 18 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1890 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Stern [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright © 2018
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À l'anonyme", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 75
On the top of a mountain I would like to stand with you, Gazing down upon Valleys and treetops; Around [us] I would like to show you The world in the glow of spring, And say : were this mine, It would now be mine and yours. Into the depths of my soul, O you would look, Where slumbering lay all the songs That God gave me! There you would see: When I seek Reality, Even if it does not name you, It is animated by you.
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Translation of title "Der Ungenannten" = "The unnamed one"Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Der Ungenannten", appears in Lieder
This text was added to the website: 2004-01-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 87