by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Gleichwie auf dunklem Grunde
Language: German (Deutsch)
Gleichwie auf dunklem Grunde Der Friedensbogen blüht, So durch die böse Stunde Versöhnend geht das Lied.
W. Fortner sets lines 2-4
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's sämmtliche Werke. Zweite Auflage. Erster Band. Leipzig, Voigt & Günther. 1864, page 319, as no. 4 of Sprüche.
Authorship
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Sprüche, no. 4, Leipzig, Voigt & Günther, first published 1864 [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 Franz Burkhart (1902 - 1978), "Spruch" [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Drei Sprüche von der Musik, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Fortner (1907 - 1987), " ... ", alternate title: "Der Friedensbogen blüht", lines 2-4 [ mixed chorus ], from Sprüche von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Gleichwie auf dunklem Grunde", op. 28, Heft 2 no. 6, published 1921, first performed 1922 [ bass and orchestra ], from Von deutscher Seele - Teil II - Leben und Singen, no. 6, Adolph Fürstner, Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Maxim", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Meditazione 2 dalla "Vita di poeta"", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Linda Godry , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
Line count: 4
Word count: 16