by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Ich kann wohl manchmal singen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich kann wohl manchmal singen, Als ob ich fröhlich sei, Doch heimlich Tränen dringen, Da wird das Herz mir frei. [Es]1 lassen Nachtigallen, Spielt draußen Frühlingsluft, Der Sehnsucht Lied erschallen Aus ihres [Kerkers]2 Gruft. [Da]3 lauschen alle Herzen, Und alles ist erfreut, Doch keiner [fühlt]3 die Schmerzen, Im Lied das tiefe Leid.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Blodek, Hensel, Jensen, Schoeck, Széchényi: "So"
2 Blodek, Jensen, Schoeck, Széchényi: "Käfigs"
3 Barth, Hensel: "Es"
4 Hensel: "ahnt"
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Wehmut, no. 1 [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 Gustav Barth (1818 - 1897), "Wehmut", op. 7 no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich Bellermann (1832 - 1903), "Wehmuth", op. 25 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Sulzbach [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francesco Berger (1834 - 1933), "Wehmuth", op. 20 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1859 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vilém (Wilhelm) Blodek (1834 - 1874), "Wehmut", published 1909, from Liebeslieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Crozat Converse (1832 - 1918), "Wehmut" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Wehmut", op. 62 (6 Lieder) no. 3, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Spina [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Wehmuth", op. 54 (Sechs Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Wehmut", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 (1878), published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Franke (1862 - 1932), "Wehmuth", op. 5 (Fünfzehn Lieder und Gesänge), Heft 3 no. 6, published 1891 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Egon (Maximilian Fridrich Karl Leopold Wilhelm Franz), Fürst von Fürstenberg (1825 - 1899), as Emil Urach, "Wehmuth", published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Prag, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Friedrich Johann Girschner (1794 - 1860), "Wehmuth", op. 25 (Sechs deutsche Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran oder Tenor) no. 1, published 1839 [ mezzo-soprano or tenor and piano ], Erfurt, Körner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann (Gustav) Goetz (1840 - 1876), "Wehmut" [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Goldner (1839 - 1907), "Wehmut", op. 7 (Duette für Bariton & Bass mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1858 [ duet for baritone and bass with piano ], Hamburg : Fritz Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Ich kann wohl manchmal singen", 1846 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Hey (1832 - 1909), "Wehmuth", op. 10 (Acht Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 4, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Hofmann , "Wehmuth", op. 37 (Vier Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Wehmuth", op. 30 (Zwölf Lieder für Alt (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1883 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Huth (1810 - 1859), "Ich kann wohl manchmal singen", op. 5 (6 Lieder, 3tes Heft der Gesänge) no. 4, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Wehmut", 1855-1857 [ voice and piano ], from 7 Lieder, no. 7, MS at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Kiel (1821 - 1885), "Wehmuth", op. 31, Heft 1 no. 1, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis. Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin : Bote & Bock; reprinted 1997 by Verlag Dohr, Köln [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Wehmut", 1995, first performed 1997 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from ...wie in Welschland lau und blau... : Acht Chorlieder für Männerchor a cappella, no. 5, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anna Krause , "Wehmuth", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by G. Lange , "Wehmut", op. 236 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Mahlberg , "Wehmuth", op. 30 no. 3, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Wehmut", op. 21 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Albert Maria) Robert Radecke (1830 - 1911), "Wehmut", op. 23 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, published 1860 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siegfried Saloman (1816 - 1899), "Ich kann wohl manchmal singen", op. 9 (6 Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran, Alt oder Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sárvár-Felsővidéki gróf Széchényi Imre (1825 - 1898), "Wehmuth", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by C. Otto Schaefer , "Wehmuth", published 1877 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Sechs deutsche Minnelieder für Bariton (oder Mezzo-Sopran) mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Schleuning , "Wehmuth", op. 30 ([Zwanzig] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 18, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Zürich, Schleuning [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Schleuning , "Wehmuth", op. 21, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Altona, Hinz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Wehmut", op. 36 no. 1 (1923) [ voice and chamber orchestra ], from Elegie: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Nikolaus Lenau und Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 1, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Wehmut", op. 39 no. 9 (1840), published 1842 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, no. 9, Wien, Haslinger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Ich kann wohl manchmal singen ", op. 8 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 3, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Sulzbach (1885 - 1932), "Wehmuth", op. 20 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1890 [ medium voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Firnberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Vieuxtemps (1820 - 1881), "Wehmut", published 1976 [ voice and piano ], from 5 mélodies inédites, no. 1, Éd. Chappell, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Paul Wachsmann ; composed by Henri Vieuxtemps.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Weemoed", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Melancholy", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Parfois je peux bien chanter", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "עצבות", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Malinconia", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Vemod", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Melancolia", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "Melancolía", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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