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Zur ewgen Ruh' sie sangen die schöne Müllerin, die Sterbeglocken klangen noch übers Waldgut hin. Da steht ein Fels so kühle, wo keine Wandrer gehn, noch einmal nach der Mühle wollt dort der Jäger sehn. Die Wälder rauschten leise, sein Jagen war vorbei, der blies so irre Weise, als müsst' das Herz entzwei. Und still dann in der Runde ward's über Tal und Höh'n, man hat seit dieser Stunde ihn nimmermehr gesehn.
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- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der traurige Jäger", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Der traurige Jäger", op. 186 (Lieder und Chöre für 3 Frauenstimmen mit Pianoforte), Heft 7 (Bearbeitung nach Motiven von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) no. 28, published 1878 [ vocal trio of female voices or three-part women's chorus and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Romanze (Der traurige Jäger)", op. 51 (Zehn Gesänge) no. 9 (1879), published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886 - 1954), "Der traurige Jäger", c1899 [ voice and piano ], unpublished ; manuscripts are in the Zurich Central Library [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Kanth , "Der traurige Jäger", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Martens , "Der traurige Jäger", op. 24 no. 8, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Eichendorff-Album. 20 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung. Religiöse Lieder, no. 8, Berlin, Deneke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Plüddemann (1854 - 1897), "Der schönen Müllerin Begräbniss", op. 50 (Drei Gedichte für Männerchor) no. 3, published 1898 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Rob. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruno Ramann (1832 - 1897), "Zur ewigen Ruh sie sangen", op. 27 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1874 [ mixed chorus ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by M. Samberger , "Der traurige Jäger", published 1892 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Fünf Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor, no. 3, Regensburg, Coppenrath [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Der traurige Jäger", op. 75 (Romanzen und Balladen für Chor (Heft 2)) no. 3 (1849) [ SATB chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Der traurige Jäger", op. 26 (3 Lieder nach Gedichten von J. von Eichendorff) no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bruno Walter (1876 - 1962), "Der traurige Jäger" [ voice and piano ], from Im Volkston, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De treurige jager", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The sad huntsman", copyright © 2007
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chasseur triste", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "O caçador triste", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 72
For eternal rest they sang the fair miller-maid; the funeral bells tolled across the woodland. There stands a crag so frigid, where no traveler goes, [but] the huntsman wished once more to set out to see that mill. The woods murmured gently, his hunting was finished; he puffed so oddly as if his heart must split. And then all around it became still, across dale and hill. Since that hour nobody has ever seen him again.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2007 by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der traurige Jäger", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 76