by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
An die blaue Himmelsdecke
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): FRE
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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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 not yet checked 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 18-?, from Nachts in der Kajüte : ein Liedercyclus von Heinrich, no. 2 [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 Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "An die blaue Himmelsdecke", op. 7 (Six Songs of Heine : Lieder-Album II) no. 3 [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" [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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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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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- 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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