by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)
Tiefe Stille herrscht im Wasser
Language: German (Deutsch)
Tiefe Stille herrscht im Wasser, Ohne Regung ruht das Meer, Und bekümmert sieht der Schiffer Glatte Fläche rings umher. Keine Luft von keiner Seite! Todesstille fürchterlich! In der [ungeheuern]1 Weite Reget keine Welle sich.
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• J. Dawson • G. Linsén • N. Medtner • F. Schubert • F. Schubert • V. Tomášek • E. WolffAbout the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotesConfirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 73; with Göthe's neue Schriften. Siebenter Band. Berlin. Bei Johann Friedrich Unger. 1800, page 18; and with Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1796. Herausgegeben von Schiller. Neustrelitz, bei dem Hofbuchhändler Michaelis, page 83.
Note: The poem's title in the first edition (Schiller's Musenalmanach 1796) is "Meeresstille", from the second edition on (1800) it is "Meeres Stille".
1 Kamm: " ungeheuren "Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), first published 1795 [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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Meeres Stille", 1919-29 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conrad Baden (1908 - 1989), "Meeres Stille", op. 2 (Eleven Songs for Soprano and Piano) no. 6 (1930-5) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Emanuel Bendix (1851 - 1926), "Meeressstille", 1870 [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Dawson , "Meeresstille", 2011, published 2011, first performed 2011 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Score (IMSLP.org) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gottfried Emil Fischer (1791 - 1841), "Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt", published 1842 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Meeresstille", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5 (1878), published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Friedrich Johann Girschner (1794 - 1860), "Meeresstille", op. 34 (Sechs Gesänge für vier Mannerstimmen) no. 2, published 1843 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], Cöln, Eck. und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tekla Griebel (1866 - 1940), "Meeresstille" [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1a [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "Meeresstille", A. 13 (c1905-11), published 1970 [ medium voice and piano ], from Four German Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Kelz (1786 - 1862), "Meerestille", published c1818 [ vocal trio for soprano, tenor, and bass ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Huub de Lange (b. 1955), "Meeresstille", published 2004 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Drei Goethe Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Linsén (1838 - 1914), "Tiefe stille herrscht im Wasser", 1912 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Meeresstille", op. 15 no. 7 (1908), from 12 Goethe-Lieder, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Meeres Stille", published 1809 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Roeder (1851 - 1895), "Meeresstille", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Schenker (1868 - 1935), "Meeres Stille", op. 6 (Drei Gesänge) no. 3 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Meeres Stille", D 215A (1815), published 1952 [ voice and piano ], first version [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Meeres Stille", op. 3 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, D 216 (1815), published 1821 [ voice and piano ], second version [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Meeresstille", op. 61 (Gedichte von Goethe: IX) no. 3 (1815?) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Meeresstille", op. 15 (Drei Lieder von Goethe) no. 3, published 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt", op. 112, published 1815 [ chorus and orchestra ], cantata
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt", op. 31 (Sechs Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen) no. 3 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kistner
- by Wilhelm Dörr , "Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Wien, Gutmann
- by Theodor Podbertsky (1846 - 1913), "Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt", op. 60, published 1894 [ men's chorus and orchestra or piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913) ; composed by Nikolai Nikolayevich Cherepnin, Sergey Mikhailovich Lyapunov, Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník, Aleksandr Sergeyevich Taneyev.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Fyodor Bogdanovich Miller (1818 - 1881) , "Морская тиш" ; composed by Aleksandr Mikhailovich Miklashevsky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , " ", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Windstille zee", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Deep stillness reigns on the water", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Daniel Platt) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Becalmed"
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Merentyven", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Karel Vereycken) , "Mer tranquille", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Calme de mer"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sopra le acque regna una pace profonda", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev) , "Тишь на море", first published 1844
Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 35
Тишь на море
Language: Russian (Русский) after the German (Deutsch)
Тишина немая в море, Волны темны, как свинец. Беспокойно на просторе Озирается пловец. Легкий ветер не подует; Как в могиле, тишина... И в дали необозримой Не колыхнется волна.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), "Тишь на море", first published 1844 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), first published 1795
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 28