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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
Translation © by Jacques L'oiseleur des Longchamps
Die Vätergruft
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): FRE
Es [ging]1 wohl über die Heide Zur alten Kapell' empor Ein Greis in Waffengeschmeide Und trat in den dunkeln Chor. Die Särge seiner Ahnen Standen der Hall' entlang, Aus der Tiefe thät ihn mahnen Ein wunderbarer Gesang. »Wohl hab' ich euer Grüßen, Ihr Heldengeister, gehört; Eure Reihe soll ich schließen. Heil mir! ich bin es wert!« Es stand an kühler Stätte Ein Sarg noch ungefüllt; Den nahm er zum Ruhebette, Zum Pfühle nahm er den Schild. Die Hände thät er falten Aufs Schwert und [schlummert']2 ein; Die Geisterlaute verhallten, Da mocht' es gar stille sein.
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1 Liszt: "schritt"
1 Cornelius, Liszt: "schlummerte"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Confirmed with Uhlands ausgewählte Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Stuttgart, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1891, pages 17-18
Note: modernized spelling would change "thät" to "tät"1 Liszt: "schritt"
1 Cornelius, Liszt: "schlummerte"
Authorship
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Die Vätergruft", written 1805, appears in Balladen und Romanzen [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 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Die Vätergruft", op. 19 (1874). [bass and satb chorus] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Die Vätergruft", op. 13, published 1845 [voice and piano], Mainz, Schott [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Die Vätergruft", op. 100 (Vier Balladen für 1 mittlere Stimme) no. 2, published 1898 [medium voice and piano], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Christian Frederik Emil Horneman (1840 - 1906), "Die Vätergruft", published 1877 [voice and piano], from Drei Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Fürstner [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Carl Maria Kappel von Savenau (1837 - 1916), "Die Vätergruft", op. 6 (Zwei Gedichte für 1 Bassstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [bass and piano], Wien, Bösendorfer [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Die Vätergruft", op. 17 (Zehn Lieder) no. 3, published 1884 [alto or baritone and piano], Tübingen, Laupp [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Johann Friedrich Bonneval de La Trobe (1769 - 1845), "Die Vätergruft" [voice and piano], from Zwölf deutsche Lieder, no. 4. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850 - 1927), "Die Vätergruft", op. 16 (Zwei Balladen für gemischten Chor mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1880 [mixed chorus and piano], Kassel, Voigt [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Die Vätergruft", S. 281. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emil Naumann (1827 - 1888), "Die Vätergruft", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran oder Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1856 [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano], Berlin, Bahn [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Arthur Westbrook) , "The ancestral tomb"
- FRE French (Français) (Jacques L'oiseleur des Longchamps) , "Crypte des ancêtres", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2015-01-28 10:08:24
Line count: 20
Word count: 95
Crypte des ancêtres
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
À travers la lande montait vers la vieille chapelle un vieillard en cote d'armes qui rentra dans le sombre sépulcre. Les cerceuils de ses ancêtres étaient le long des murs Des profondeurs lui parvenait l'exhortation d'un chant merveilleux. "J'ai bien entendu votre salut, ô mânes des héros, Je viens terminer vos rangs; béni suis-je d'en être digne!" En ce lieu glacial un cerceuil est encore inoccupé; Il le prend pour lit de repos, pour oreiller il prend son bouclier. Il joint les mains par dessus son épée et s'endort; la voix des esprits s'évanouit: alors, le calme peut s'installer.
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2008 by Jacques L'oiseleur des Longchamps, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Die Vätergruft", written 1805, appears in Balladen und Romanzen
Text added to the website: 2008-03-11 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:38
Line count: 20
Word count: 99