Die stille Wasserrose (Geibel, set by Jan van Amerongen, Max Ast, A. von Biegeleben, John Böie, Wenzel Theodor Bradsky, Emil Büchner, Heinrich Esser, Alexander von Fielitz, Robert Franz, Niels Wilhelm Gade, K. Geibel, Walter von Goethe, Eugen Gottlieb, Ferdinand Gumbert, Hans Harthan, Albert Hermann, Heinrich , Freiherr von Herzogenberg, Wilhelm Hill, Gustav Hinrichs, Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken, Franz Paul Lachner, Franz Liszt, George W. Marston, Carl Millöcker, Heinrich Proch, Joachim Raff, Louis Rée, Ludwig Riemann, Clara Schumann, née Wieck, Isidor Seiss, Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman, Rudolf Wurmb) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Die stille Wasserrose

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT DUT ENG FRE

[Die stille Wasserrose]¹
Steigt aus dem blauen See,
[Die feuchten Blätter zittern]²,
Der Kelch ist weiß wie Schnee.

Da gießt der Mond vom Himmel
All' seinen gold'nen Schein,
Gießt alle seine Strahlen
In ihren Schoß hinein.

Im Wasser um die Blume
Kreiset ein weißer Schwan
Er [singt]³ so süß, so leise
Und schaut die Blume an.

Er singt so süß, so leise
Und will im Singen vergehn.
O Blume, weiße Blume,
Kannst du das Lied verstehn?

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¹ C. Schumann: "Die stille Lotusblume" or "Die stille Lotosblume"
² Gade, Kücken, Liszt, Raff, C. Schumann: "Die Blätter flimmern und blitzen"
³ Kücken: "singet"

Authorship

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 9 [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 Jan van Amerongen (b. 1938), "Die stille Wasserrose", 1982, from Honda Trio, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Ast (1875 - 1964), "Die Wasserrose", op. 1 (7 Lieder) no. 2, published 1904 [ high voice and piano ], Wien: Ludwig Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
by A. von Biegeleben , "Die Wasserrose", published 1882 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by John Böie (1822 - 1900), "Die stille Wasserose", op. 9 (Sechs Gedichte von E. Geibel) no. 3, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 30 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
by (Adolf) Emil Büchner (1826 - 1908), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 18 (Fünf Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1858 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Nürnberg, Schmid [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Die Wasserrose", op. 23 no. 2, published 1847 [ voice and piano ], from 3 Gedichte von E. Geibel, no. 2, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Die stille Wasserrose steigt aus dem blauen See", op. 18 (Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Die Lotusblume", op. 1 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 3, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
by Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 13 (5 Sange) no. 2 (1846) [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by K. Geibel , "Die stille Wasserrose", published 1858 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder von E. Geibel für mittlere Stimme, no. 5, Hamburg, Jowien [sung text not yet checked]
by Walter von Goethe (1817 - 1885), "Der singende Schwan", op. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
by Eugen Gottlieb , "Die stille Wasserrose steigt aus dem blauen See", op. 2 no. 3, published 1900 [ tenor or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Fünf Nachtlieder für Tenor (oder Mezzo-Sopran) und Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Weinberger [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Schwanenlied", op. 39 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor)) no. 4, published 1851 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Harthan (1855 - 1936), "Die stille Lotosblume", op. 5 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Köln, P.J. Tonger [sung text not yet checked]
by Albert Hermann , "Die Wasserrose", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Die Wasserrose", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1865 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Hill (1838 - 1902), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 14 (Zwei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1884 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Hinrichs , "Die Wasserrose", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 47 no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 134 no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Die stille Wasserrose", S. 321 (1860) [sung text checked 1 time]
by George W. Marston (1840 - 1901), "Die stille Wasserrose", published 1890 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Album für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 11, Leipzig, A.P. Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Millöcker , "Die stille Wasserrose", published 1875 [ soprano and piano ], from Drei Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Wien, Bösendorfer [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878), "Die stille Wasserrose " [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 51 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2 (1849-50), published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
by Louis Rée (1861 - 1939), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 18 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig-Reudnitz, Protze [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Riemann (1863 - 1927), "Die stille Wasserrose ", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Clara Schumann, née Wieck (1819 - 1896), "Die stille Lotusblume", op. 13 no. 6, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Isidor Seiss (1840 - 1905), "Die Wasserrose", op. 14, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874 - 1953), "Die stille Wasserrose", published 1909, from Acht Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Rudolf Wurmb , "Die Wasserrose", op. 3 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in English, a translation by Lilian Rebecca Clarke (1842 - 1921) , "The water-lily", appears in Exotics: Attempts To Domesticate Them ; composed by Arthur Foote.
Also set in French (Français), a translation by ? Tinel, Mme Edgar ; composed by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel.

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