by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Wenn zwei von einander scheiden
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wenn zwei von einander scheiden, So geben sie sich die Händ', Und fangen an zu weinen, Und seufzen ohne End'. Wir haben nicht [geweinet]1, Wir seufzten nicht Weh und Ach! Die [Tränen und die Seufzer]2, Die kamen hinten nach.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 153.
1 Reinecke: "geweint"2 Decker, Reinecke: "Seufzer und die Tränen"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 49 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Armand Angyal , "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 41 (Vier Gesänge) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adrienne Ardenne , "Lied", published 1891 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Trost beim Abschied", op. 80 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elof Benktander (1894 - 1975), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 17 (1920) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Günter Bialas (1907 - 1992), "Duett", published 1991 [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Howard Clutsam (1866 - 1951), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 1 (Six Songs) no. 3, published 1891 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Damrosch (1832 - 1885), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", 19--? [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pauline von Decker (1811 - 1882), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 6, published 1873? [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 2 times]
- by H. Degenhardt , "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", from Vier Gesänge verschiedener Dichter , no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ehban , "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", H. 20, missing [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Herbstzyklus, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 48 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1 (1878), published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Olivier Greif (1950 - 2000), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 40 no. 3 (1973), published 2006, from Wiener Konzert: cycle de cinq Lieder sur des poêmes de Heinrich Heine (Lyrisches Intermezzo), no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Gritzner , "Stummer Abschied", from Lieder und Gesänge, Band 1, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791 - 1874), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 31 (Zweistimmige Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Beatrice Hallet , "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder = Five Songs, no. 4, Leipzig, Hatzfeld, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Harris (1869 - 1943), "Im Volkston", op. 23 (Lieder) no. 2, published 1902, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Heffner (1851 - 1900), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 11 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Henkel (1822 - 1899), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Isador) George Henschel (1850 - 1934), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 37 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dorothea Hollins (flourished 1935), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder = Six songs) no. 3, published 1892, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by G. Fritz Hompesch , "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 19 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Köln, P. J. Tonger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Huber (1837 - 1886), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 13 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Stürmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by John [Jacques] Jacobsson (1835 - 1909), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 23 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rafael Joseffy (1852 - 1915), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", from Neun Lieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Keller (1838 - 1900), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 8 (Drei Lieder für den Umfang jeder Stimme) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Kreuz (1867 - 1932), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 2 (Lieder) no. 2, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Krimov , "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath (1818 - 1896), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 17 (Drei Gesänge) no. 3, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 33[34] (Disteln und Dornen), Heft 2 no. 6 (1864), published 1869 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg: G.W. Niemeyer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 8 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Fonteyn Manney (1872 - 1951), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 1 (Six Songs = Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1898, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tilo Medek (1940 - 2006), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", 1972 [ voice and guitar or piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dmitry Mikheyevich Melkikh (1885 - 1943), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 3 (Chetyre stikhotvorenija : G. Geine) no. 3 (1905-7?), also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Nikolayevich Merten (1814 - 1876), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Meyer-Olbersleben (1850 - 1927), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 3 (Neun Lieder) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Meyrowitz , "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", from Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Guido Nakonz (1833 - 1907), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Ich liebe dich", op. 14 (Vier Gesänge), Heft 1 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siegfried Ochs (1858 - 1929), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 4 (Drei Gesänge) no. 2 [ duet for mezzo-soprano and tenor with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Agathe Plitt (1831 - ?), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 7 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Sergeyevich Potolovsky (1878 - 1927), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger (1815 - 1891), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", published 1865?, from Fünf Lieder von H. Heine, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Trennung (im Volkston)", op. 12 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 (1847) [ duet for 2 sopranos with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Frederick Birch Reynardson , "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", published 1892, from Sieben Lieder, no. 6, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerhard Rühm (b. 1930), "Wenn zwei voneinander scheiden", 1949, from Fünf Chansons mit einem Vorspiel nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Schmock (1829 - 1879), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Justus Schreuder , "Lied", published 18--? [ voice, violin, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1929), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", 1947, published 1995, rev. 1995, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bertram Shapleigh (1871 - 1940), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 32 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5, published 1901 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Stade (1817 - 1902), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 4 (Vier [Fünf] Lieder von H. Heine) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871 - 1927), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", 1888 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 1 (124 liederen : 1925-1969) no. 13 (1926), published 1972 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friederika Charlotte Paulina Struth (1824 - 1885), as P. Brönner, "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 12 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Vincent Wallace (1812 - 1865), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", published 185-? [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Wehner (1820 - 1880), "Trennung: Duett", op. 3 (Vier Duette) no. 1 [ duet for 2 sopranos with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joel Weiss , "Wenn zwei voneinander scheiden", 2016 [ voice and piano ], from Heine Lieder, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Wettig (1827 - 1859), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 5 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Pyotr Isayevich Veinberg (1831 - 1908) , no title ; composed by Eduard I. Granelli, Dmitry Mikheyevich Melkikh, Ernest Nikolayevich Merten, Nikolay Sergeyevich Potolovsky.
- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Maksim Antonivich Slavinsky (1868? - 1945?) ; composed by Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) (Harald Krebs) , "When two people part", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 49, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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