by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
An die blaue Himmelsdecke
Language: German (Deutsch)
An die blaue Himmelsdecke, Wo die schönen Sterne blinken, Möcht' ich pressen meine Lippen, Pressen wild und stürmisch weinen. Jene Sterne sind die Augen Meiner Liebsten; tausendfältig Schimmern sie und grüßen freundlich Aus der blauen Himmelsdecke. Nach der blauen Himmelsdecke, Nach den Augen der Geliebten, Heb' ich andachtsvoll die Arme, Und ich bitte und ich flehe: Holde Augen, Gnadenlichter, O beseligt meine Seele, Laßt mich sterben und erwerben Euch und euren ganzen Himmel!
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Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Nordsee, in Erster Zyklus, in 7. Nachts in der Kajüte, no. 2 [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), "An die blaue Himmelsdecke", op. 42 no. 2, published 1878 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Auf dem Meere", op. 6 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "An die blaue Himmelsdecke", op. 12 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2, published 1846 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Wien, Haslinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Hartmann (1836 - 1910), "An die blaue Himmelsdecke", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl August Heymann-Rheineck (1854 - 1922), "An die blaue Himmelsdecke" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Nachts auf dem See" [ voice and violoncello and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel de Lange (1840 - 1911), "An die blaue Himmelsdecke", op. 6 no. 2, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Nachts in der Kajüte : ein Liedercyclus von Heinrich, no. 2, Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "An die blaue Himmelsdecke", op. 33 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [ baritone or low soprano, piano, violoncello or horn ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "An die blaue Himmelsdecke", op. 22 no. 11, published 1878 [ medium voice and piano ], from Buch der Lieder. Zwölf Gedichte von Heine, no. 11, Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermine Rudersdorff (1822 - 1882), "Nachts auf dem Meere", published 1860, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Nachts in der Kajüte", 1860 [ voice and orchestra ], Together with the previous poem of Heine [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "An die blaue Himmelsdecke", op. 7 (Six Songs of Heine : Lieder-Album II) no. 3, published 1877 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "An die blaue Himmelsdecke", op. 14 (Deutsche Gesänge), Heft 2 no. 3, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Tiehsen (1817 - 1849), "Lied", published 1840 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Drei Lieder für Tenor oder Sopran mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Bote und Bock; confirmed with Meine Lieder. Den Freunden aufgezeichnet, Berlin, 1861, Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, page 58 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in English, a translation possibly by Michael Desmond Ryan (1893 - 1964); composed by Hermine Rudersdorff.
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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