Über mir im Blauen reisen Wolken, die mich heimwärts weisen. Heimwärts in die namenlose Ferne, In das Land des Friedens und der Sterne. Heimat! Soll ich deine blauen Schönen Ufer niemals schauen? Dennoch ist mir, hier im Süden müßten Nah sein und erreichbar deine Küsten.
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Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Fiesole", written 1901, first published <<1915 [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 Ferdinand Carl Jungwirth , "Über mir im Blauen reisen", 1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Krause (b. 1889), "Fiesole", op. 30 no. 2, published 1962 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Leukauf (1902 - 1978), "Fiesole", 1947 [ medium voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder für mittlere Stimme, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Maux (1893 - 1971), "Fiesole", op. 181 no. 2 (1928), published 1941 [ high voice or medium-high voice and piano ], from Italische Reise, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Fiesole", op. 42a no. 4 (1977) [ medium voice and piano ], from Stufen - Hesse-Lieder 1977 für mittlere Singstimme, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Fiesole", op. 11 no. 14, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Zweiter Liederkreis - 15 Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Fiesole", 1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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