by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
Du geleitest mich durch's Leben
Language: German (Deutsch)
Du geleitest mich [durch's Leben]1, [Sinnende]2 Melancholie! Mag mein Stern sich strahlend heben, Mag er sinken - weichest nie! Führst mich oft in Felsenklüfte, Wo der Adler einsam haust, Tannen starren in die Lüfte Und der Waldstrom donnernd braust. Meiner [Todten]3 dann gedenk' ich, Wild hervor [die]4 Thräne bricht, Und an deinen Busen senk' ich Mein umnachtet Angesicht.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Nicolaus Lenau’s sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [no year], page 173.
1 Bartók: "zum Grabe"2 Bartók: "Düstere"
3 Bartók: "Liebsten"
4 Bartók: "dann die"
Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "An die Melancholie", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte [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 Albert Felix, Graf Amadei (1851 - 1894), "An die Melancholie", op. 8 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 tiefere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1886 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859 - 1937), "An die Melancholie", op. 55 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945), no title, 1900, published 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 3, Published as a facsimile of the manuscript, Homosassa, Florida: Bartók Records, ed. Ference Bónis [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henri Berény (1871 - 1932), "Melancholie (Steyrisch)", op. 12 (Zwei Lieder im Volkston für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Ratibor, Simmich [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Blomberg , "An die Melancholie", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1883 [ medium voice and piano ], Bonn, Cohen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "An die Melancholie", op. 3 (6 Gesänge ) no. 6, published 1872 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Wien, Gotthard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ödön (Edmund) von Mihalovich (1842 - 1929), "An die Melancholie", published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6, Pest, Táborszky & Parsch [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "An die Melancholie", op. 23 (Drei Gesänge für Bass-Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1856 [ bass and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Widemann , "Die Melancholie", op. 1 no. 1, published 1874 [ baritone and piano ], from Aus des Herzens Nacht. Vier Gesänge für Bariton mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À la mélancolie", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La mélancolie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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