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Noch ahnt man kaum der Sonne Licht, Noch sind die Morgenglocken nicht Im finstern Tal erklungen. Wie still des Waldes weiter Raum! Die Vöglein zwitschern nur im Traum, Kein Sang hat sich erschwungen. Ich hab' mich längst ins Feld gemacht, Und habe schon dies Lied erdacht, Und hab' es laut gesungen
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Morgenlied", appears in Lieder, in Wanderlieder, no. 4, first published 1815 [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 C. Altenburg , "Morgenlied", op. 3 no. 4, published 1900 [ soprano and piano ], from Uhland's Wanderlieder für Sopran mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Braunschweig, Wollermann  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Morgenlied", op. 13 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte ) no. 1, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Morgenlied", op. 5 no. 4, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Junge Lieder : Fünftes Buch, no. 4, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Morgenlied", op. 4 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 5 (1832), published 1832 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "Morgenlied", published 1834 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder von L. Uhland, no. 4, Berlin: Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich August Dressler (1827 - 1862), "Morgenlied", op. 12 no. 4, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Eberhardt (1855 - 1922), "Morgenlied", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 4, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hubert Engels (1824 - 1891), "Morgenlied", op. 4 no. 4, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder von Ludwig Uhland für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Bremen, Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann (Gustav) Goetz (1840 - 1876), "Noch ahnt man kaum der Sonne Licht" [ SSAA chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Gotthelf (1857 - 1930), "Morgenlied", op. 4 no. 4, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], from Stimmungsbilder. [Vier] Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Conrad) Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863), "Morgenlied", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, München, Schmid [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Noch ahnt man kaum ", op. 22 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 4, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf et Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Hepple , "Morgenlied", op. 4 no. 4, published 1876 [ mezzo-soprano or tenor-baritone and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder für Mezzo-Soprano (oder Tenor-Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Hamburg, Böhme  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Hirsch , "Morgenscene", op. 23 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Morgenlied", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor a capella) no. 4, published 1878 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Morgenlied", op. 30 (Zwölf Lieder für Alt (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1883 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustave Léon Huberti (1843 - 1910), "Morgenlied", 1868 [ voice and piano ], from 8 Wanderlieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Kewitsch (1834 - 1903), "Morgenlied", op. 17 (Drei Lieder) no. 4, published 1876 [ men's chorus ], from Sechs Wanderlieder für Männerchor, no. 4, Köln, Weber  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Minna (or Nina) von (or van) Könneritz , "Morgenlied", op. 96 (Sechs zweistimmige Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1874 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by M. J. Kremer , "Morgenlied" [ voice and piano ], from Ausgewählte Lieder, no. 8, self-published, no date ; note: each song has a title page showing "M. J. Kremer" as the composer, but at the top of each song, it says "J. N. Kremer"  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Morgenlied", op. 34 no. 4, KWV 9106 no. 4, published 1818 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder von Uhland, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Morgenlied", op. 79 (Sechs Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen ) no. 2, published 1831 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Probst [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Bonneval de La Trobe (1769 - 1845), "Morgenlied" [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf deutsche Lieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Lechner , "Morgenlied", op. 5 no. 3, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder von Ludwig Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Sonnelicht", op. 113 [ duet for soprano and tenor ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Morgenlied", op. 5 (Neun Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Weimar, Kühn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Radnitzky , "Morgenlied", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder von L. Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Morgenlied" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Morgenlied", op. 33 (6 Lieder) no. 1 (1856) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Morgenlied", op. 39 (6 Chorgesänge für S., A., T. und B. ) no. 4, published 1860 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Joseph Schütky (1817 - 1893), "Morgenlied", op. 30 no. 4, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder von L. Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Steinbach (1855 - 1916), "Morgenlied", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Tiehsen (1817 - 1849), "Morgenlied", op. 6 no. 1, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Gedichte von Göthe, Heine, Uhland, Burns und W. Müller, no. 1, Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Carl Wolf (1859 - 1932), "Morgenlied", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder im Volkston für 1 tiefere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by James Vila Blake (1842 - 1925) , "Morning song" ; composed by John Ireland.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Corien Sleeswijk) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "Morning song / Sunlight", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chant du matin", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 51
On pressent encore à peine la lumière du soleil, Les cloches du matin N'ont pas encore retenti dans la sombre vallée. Comme est calme le grand espace de la forêt ! Les oiseaux ne gazouillent qu'en rêve, Aucun chant ne s'est élevé. Longtemps j'étais resté dans les champs Et j'avais déjà imaginé ce chant, Et je l'ai chanté à pleine voix.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Morgenlied", appears in Lieder, in Wanderlieder, no. 4, first published 1815
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-08
Line count: 9
Word count: 60