by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834)
Translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
Ins stille Land!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ins stille Land! Wer leitet uns hinüber? Schon wölkt sich uns der Abendhimmel trüber, Und immer trümmervoller wird der Strand. Wer leitet uns mit sanfter Hand Hinüber! ach! hinüber Ins stille Land? Ins stille Land! Zu euch, ihr freyen Räume Für die Veredlung! zarte Morgenträume Der schönen Seelen! künft'gen Daseyns Pfand. Wer treu des Lebens Kampf bestand, Trägt seiner Hoffnung Keime Ins stille Land. Ach Land! ach Land! Für alle Sturmbedrohten Der mildeste von unsers Schicksals Bothen Winkt uns, die Fackel umgewandt, Und leitet uns mit sanfter Hand Ins Land der großen Todten, Ins stille Land.
J. Kittl sets stanza 1
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Confirmed with Gedichte von J. G. von Salis. Neueste Auflage. Wien 1815. Bey B. Ph. Bauer, page 138; and with Iris. Ein Taschenbuch für 1805. Herausgegeben von J. G. Jacobi. Zürich, bey Orell, Füssli und Compagnie, pages 338-339.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Lied", first published 1805 [author's text checked 3 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 Jan Bedřich Kittl (1806 - 1868), "Ins stille Land", op. 4 no. 6 (183-?), stanza 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Ins stille Land", D 403 (1816), published 1845 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "Das stille Land", StWV 64 no. 5, published [1812] [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte, 12te Sammlung, no. 5, B. Schott in Mainz, No. 629 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "In's stille Land", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Bauer [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882) , "Song of the Silent Land", appears in Hyperion, first published 1839 ; composed by Edgar Leslie Bainton, John Blockley, Eaton Faning, Arthur Foote, Alfred Robert Gaul, D. Cyril Jenkins, Edwin Matthew Lott, Harry Alexander Matthews, Frederic Henry Pease, Edward Davey Rendall, Francis Romer, Hermann Strachauer, Henry Joseph Wood, Sir.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Naar 't stille land", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dans le pays du repos", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Antonio Zencovich) , "Nel paese del silenzio", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 96
Into the Silent Land!
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Into the Silent Land! Ah! who shall lead us thither? Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand. Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, oh, thither, Into the Silent Land? Into the Silent Land! To you, ye boundless regions Of all perfection! Tender morning-visions Of beauteous souls! The Future's pledge and band! Who in Life's battle firm doth stand, Shall bear Hope's tender blossoms Into the Silent Land! O Land! O Land! For all the broken-hearted The mildest herald by our fate allotted, Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed, Into the Silent Land!
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Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "Song of the Silent Land", appears in Hyperion, first published 1839 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Lied", first published 1805
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880 - 1956), "Into the Silent Land", published 1919. [partsong for mixed chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
- by John Blockley (1800 - 1882), "The Silent Land" [voice and piano], also published as a duet [text not verified]
- by Eaton Faning (1850 - 1927), "Song of the Silent Land", published 1896. [chorus with ad lib accompaniment: violin, violoncello, harp, organ] [text not verified]
- by Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "Into the Silent Land", published 1886, from Music Sung by the Alumni at the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Foundation of Harvard University November Seventh 1886 [text not verified]
- by Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "Into the Silent Land", published 1889. [four-part women's voices a cappella] [text not verified]
- by Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "Into the Silent Land", published 1897. [four-part mixed chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
- by Alfred Robert Gaul (1837 - 1913), "The Silent Land", op. 21 no. 1. [partsong for satb chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
- by D. Cyril Jenkins (1885 - 1978), "Song of the Silent Land", published 1920 [chorus and orchestra], symphonic hymn [text not verified]
- by Edwin Matthew Lott (1836 - ?), "Into the Silent Land" [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Harry Alexander Matthews (1879 - 1973), "Song of the Silent Land", published 1903 [tenor, soprano, SATB chorus, and orchestra], cantata [text not verified]
- by Frederic Henry Pease (1839 - 1909), "Song of the Silent Land", published 1882. [text not verified]
- by Edward Davey Rendall (? - 1920), "Into the Silent Land" [duet for soprano and bass (or tenor) with piano], from Five Duets for Soprano and Baritone or Tenor [text not verified]
- by Francis (Frank) Romer (1810 - 1889), "The Silent Land" [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Hermann Strachauer , "Song of the Silent Land", published 1860, cantata [text not verified]
- by Henry Joseph Wood, Sir (1869 - 1944), "The Silent Land", op. 16 no. 1. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-23
Line count: 21
Word count: 118