Ein Glockentonmeer wallet
Zu Füßen uns und hallet
Weit über Stadt und Land.
So laut die Wellen schlagen,
Wir fühlen mit Behagen
Uns hoch zu Schiff getragen
Und blicken schwindelnd von dem Rand.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Rupert Bawden (b. 1958), "Auf einem Kirchturm", 1992, published 1992 [ soprano, harp and four cellos ], from Mörike-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Matti Borg (b. 1956), "Auf einem Kirchturm", 1997-1998, published 1998 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from 12 Gedichte von Mörike, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Auf einem Kirchturm", op. 15 (24 Lieder) no. 16 (>>2000) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Auf einem Kirchturm", op. 42 ((Vier) Lieder für eine hohe Singstimme) no. 1 (1911-2), published 1930 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pater Theo Flury (b. 1955), "Auf einem Kirchturm", first performed 2004 [ tenor and organ ], from Vier Lieder auf Texte von Eduard Mörike, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Michael Komma (1913 - 2012), "Auf einem Kirchturm", published 2003, first performed 2004 [ soprano and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge für Sopran und Klavier nach Worten von Eduard Mörike, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emma Possanner , "Auf einem Kirchturm" [ voice and piano ], from 21 Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Franz Schieri (1922 - 2009), "Auf einem Kirchturm", 1993 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Palmer) , "Upon a church tower", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur un clocher", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
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This text was added to the website: 2007-06-24
Line count: 7
Word count: 33
A sea of bells is beating
Beneath us, repeating
In waves far and wide.
And so loud their pealing,
We bask in the feeling
That up aloft we are sailing,
Peering giddily out from the side.