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[Und]1 wo noch kein Wandrer gegangen, Hoch über Jäger und Roß Die Felsen [im Abendrot]2 hangen Als wie ein Wolkenschloß. Dort zwischen [den]3 Zinnen und Spitzen Von wilden Nelken umblüht Die schönen Waldfrauen sitzen Und singen im [Wind]4 ihr Lied. Der Jäger schaut nach dem Schlosse; "Die droben, das ist mein Lieb". Er [sprang]5 [von dem scheuenden]6 Rosse - Weiß keiner, wo er blieb.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 omitted by Franz
2 Mendelssohn: "abendrot"
3 omitted by Mendelssohn
4 Pfitzner: "Winde"
5 Pfitzner: "sprengt"
6 Mendelssohn: "vom schäumenden"
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Kühne", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen [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 Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Romanze", op. 35 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Das Waldschloß" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Der Kühne", op. 9 no. 4 (1894-95), published 1898, first performed 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 4, Leipzig, Max Brockhaus [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst (Friedrich Karl) Rudorff (1840 - 1916), "Wo noch kein Wandrer gegangen", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für dreistimmigen Frauenchor ohne Begleitung) no. 1, published 1877 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Der Kühne", op. 112 (Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von Joseph v. Eichendorff) no. 2, published 1941, first performed 1941 [ voice and piano ], Heinrich Kaspar Schmid-Archiv Landau/Isar ; Edition Walter Homolka, Musikverlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Der Kühne ", op. 8 no. 2 (1885), published 1886 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Sechs Balladen und Romanzen, no. 2, Braunschweig, H. Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Jakob Kellner) , "Where no wanderer has ever walked", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Jakob Kellner
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 63
Where no wanderer has ever walked, high above hunter and horse, the rocks hang in the sunset glow like a cloud-castle. There, between pinnacles and peaks, wild carnations blooming all around, the beautiful nymphs of the wood sit and sing their song in the wind. The hunter looks at the castle: "She up there is my love". He leaps off the balking horse - nobody knows what became of him.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Kühne", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 69