by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Translation by Adolf Strodtmann (1829 - 1879)
Where Claribel low‑lieth
Language: English
Where Claribel low-lieth The breezes pause and die, Letting the rose-leaves fall; But the solemn oak-tree sigheth, Thick-leaved, ambrosial, With an ancient melody Of an inward agony, Where Claribel low-lieth. At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone; At noon the wild bee hummeth About the moss'd headstone; At midnight the moon cometh, And looketh down alone. Her song the lintwhite swelleth, The clear-voiced mavis dwelleth, The callow throstle lispeth, The slumbrous wave outwelleth, The babbling runnel crispeth, The hollow grot replieth Where Claribel low-lieth.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), "Claribel", appears in Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, first published 1830 [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 W. Borrow , "Claribel", published 1868 [ four-part chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Greville Cooke , "Claribel", published 1928 [ satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Munro Coward (1824 - 1880), "Where Claribel low-lieth", published <<1892 [ four-part chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "Claribel, a Melody", op. 122 no. ? (1974) [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Tennyson Trip [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edwin Gerschefski (b. 1909), "Claribel", op. 3, copyright © 1967 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael (Dewar) Head (1900 - 1976), "Claribel", 1917, published 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Albert Lambeth (1822 - 1895), "Where Claribel low-lieth", published 1871 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Where Claribel low-lieth" [ high voice, strings, 2 horns ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Hugo Pierson (1816 - 1873), "Claribel", published 1861 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Claribel", 1896-1902, published 1906, first performed 1904 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by B. M. Waddington , "Where Claribel low-lieth", published <<1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Strodtmann (1829 - 1879) , "Claribel", subtitle: "Eine Melodie" ; composed by Otto Feller, Adolf Jensen, Richard von Perger.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karoline (or Caroline) Wilhelmine Leonhardt (1811 - 1899) ; composed by Henry Hugo Pierson.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Sopran Camillo Engel.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-22
Line count: 21
Word count: 86
Wo Claribel gestorben
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Wo Claribel gestorben,
Da rauschen Winde nie,
Die Blätter flüstern kaum;
Doch wie klagende Theorben
Seufzt dort der Eichenbaum
Eine alte Melodie
– Voll von tiefstem Weh ist die –
Wo Claribel gestorben.
Der Käfer Abends brummet
Im dichtbelaubten Hain;
Die Biene Tags umsummet
Den moosbewachsnen Stein;
Wenn Nachts die Welt verstummet,
Blinkt hier der Mondenschein.
Der Sprosser schlägt im Baume,
Es pfeift mit jungem Flaume
Der Hänfling seine Lieder;
Der Bach rauscht wie im Traume –
Die Waldschlucht hallt es wieder
Wie klagende Theorben,
Wo Claribel gestorben.
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Confirmed with Lieder- und Balladenbuch amerikanischer und englischer Dichter der Gegenwart, Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg, 1862, Page 175.
Text Authorship:
- by Adolf Strodtmann (1829 - 1879), "Claribel", subtitle: "Eine Melodie" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), "Claribel", appears in Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, first published 1830
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Otto Feller (1870 - c1932), "Claribel", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Perdita. Lieder-Cyklus für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Stern & Ollendorff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Claribel", op. 53 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard von Perger (1854 - 1911), "Claribels Grab", op. 18 (Drei Gesänge) no. 1, published 1890 [ SSA trio or chorus and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Bertram Kottmann , Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-09-04
Line count: 21
Word count: 88