Es wehn die Winde,
Es [bebt]1 das Herz,
Die Segel schwellen,
Es wächst der Schmerz.
Das Schiffchen gleitet  
Zum fernen Strand,
Es blickt das Auge
Zum Vaterland. 

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Confirmed with Berliner Musen-Almanach, ed. by Moritz Veit, Berlin: G. Fincke, 1830, page 45.

¹ Kreutzer: "pocht"

Text Authorship:

• by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849), "Schifferlied" [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 Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Auf den Wellen", op. 88 (6 [sic] Lieder und Chöre von Heinrich Stieglitz für vier Männerstimmen mit willkürlicher Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 5, published 1836 [ vocal quartet for male voices with piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Adolph Bernhard Marx (1795 - 1866), "In der Ferne", op. 2 no. 5, published 1830 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge, no. 5, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler

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