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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé
Durch Feld und Buchenhallen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Durch Feld und Buchenhallen, bald singend, bald fröhlich still, recht lustig sei vor allen, wer's Reisen wählen will. Wenn's kaum im Osten glühte, die Welt noch still und weit: da weht recht durchs Gemüte die schöne Blütenzeit ! Der Lerch' als Morgenbote sich in die Lüfte schwingt, eine frische Reisenote durch Wald und Herz erklingt. O Lust, vom Berg zu schauen weit über Wald und Strom, hoch über sich den blauen [tiefklaren]1 Himmelsdom !2 Vom Berge [Vöglein]3 fliegen und Wolken so geschwind, Gedanken überfliegen die Vögel und den Wind. Die Wolken ziehn hernieder, das Vöglein senkt sich gleich, Gedanken gehn und Lieder [fort bis ins]4 Himmelreich.
F. Hensel sets stanzas 4-6
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Hensel: "den klaren"
2 Hensel adds: " Hoch über sich den blauen/ tiefklaren Himmelsdom!"
3 Hensel: "Vögel"
4 Hensel: "bis in das"
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der wandernde Musikant, no. 6 [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 Johannes Beschnitt (1825 - 1880), "Reiselied", op. 41 (Vier Lieder für Männerchor) no. 3, published 1877 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Reiselied", op. 9 no. 5, published 1845 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], from Lieder im Volkston [first published as Neun Lieder im Volkston], no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel, also set in English, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann (Gustav) Goetz (1840 - 1876), "Reiselied", 1860 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Haeser (1865 - 1945), "Wandernde Musikanten", op. 37 (Vier Lieder von Joseph von Eichendorff) no. 3, published [192-?] [ voice and piano ; or mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Bergeslust", op. posth. 10 (Fünf Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 5 (1847), published c1850, stanzas 4-6 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Gottlieb Hering (1766 - 1853), "Reiselied", published 1880 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from [Zwölf] Lieder für S., A., T. und B., no. 8, Dresden, Näumann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Reiselied", op. 25 (Sechs Gesänge für Sopran, zwei Tenor, und zwei Bassstimmen (also Sechs Gesänge für Sopran, arr.)) no. 4, published 1843 [ chorus or soprano and piano ], Bonn, Simrock; originally for STTBB chorus and piano, arranged for soprano and piano in 1863 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Reiselied", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor) no. 2, published 1885 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Kont (1920 - 2000), "Reiselied", 1977 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Adolf Lorenz, Dr. (1837 - 1923), "Der wandernde Musikant", op. 88 no. 6, published 1877 [ SATB chorus or men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Martens , "Reiselied", op. 24 no. 19, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Eichendorff-Album. 20 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung. Frühlings-und Wanderlieder , no. 19, Berlin, Deneke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Der wandernde Musikant", op. posth. 88 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 6, published c1850 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Theobald Petschke (1806 - 1888), "Reiselied", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge für vierstimmige Männerchor) no. 3, published <<1902 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Reubke (1842 - 1913), "Durch Feld und Buchenhallen", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 2, published 1881 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Reiselied", op. 12 no. 1 (1908) [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Wanderlieder von Eichendorff, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl August Schönburg , "Wanderlust", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from [Sieben] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 7, Berlin, R. Schultz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling (1904 - 1985), "Durch Feld und Buchenhallen", 1944 [ baritone and piano ], from Der wandernde Musikant. Lieder nach Gedichten von Eichendorff, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Ferdinand Würst (1824 - 1881), "Reiselied", op. 35 [ mixed chorus ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Zanger (b. 1848), "Reiselied", op. 6 no. 2, published 1881 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Eleonore D'Esterre-Keeling (1856 - 1939) ; composed by Niels Wilhelm Gade.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Niels Wilhelm Gade.
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Other 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 © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Song of travel", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , John H. Campbell
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 106
Par les champs et les hêtres sonores
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Par les champs et les hêtres sonores, Tantôt chantant, tantôt gaiment silencieux, Il est avant tout joyeux Celui qui a choisi de voyager! Quand l'est à peine rougeoie, Le monde est calme et vaste: Alors souffle dans ton esprit Le joli temps des fleurs! L'alouette, messagère du matin S'élève dans les airs, Un éclatant chant de voyage Retentit dans la forêt et le cœur. Ô plaisir de voir depuis la montagne, Loin au-dessus de la forêt et du fleuve, Et loin au-dessus de soi le bleu, Le diaphane dôme du ciel. Venant de la montagne, Oiseaux et nuages volent vite, Les pensées volent au-dessus Des oiseaux et du vent. Les nuages s'en vont vers le bas, L'oiseau descend pareillement, Les pensées et les chants vont Jusqu'au royaume des cieux.
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Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der wandernde Musikant, no. 6
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-01
Line count: 24
Word count: 129