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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)
Translation Singable translation by Charles Fonteyn Manney (1872 - 1951)

Es donnern die Höhen, es zittert der...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE SPA
Es donnern die [Höhen]1, es zittert der Steg,
Nicht grauet dem Schützen auf schwindlichem Weg.
  Er schreitet verwegen 
  Auf Feldern von Eis,
  Da pranget kein Frühling,
  Da grünet kein Reis;

[Und]2 unter den Fußen ein nebliches Meer,
Erkennt er die Städte der Menschen nicht mehr;
  Durch den Riß nur der Wolken
  Erblickt er die Welt,
  Tief unter den Wassern 
  Das grünende Feld.

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•   F. Liszt 

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1 Liszt: "Höh'n"
2 Liszt: "Tief"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), appears in Wilhelm Tell [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 Hans Heinrich XIV, Graf Bolko von Hochberg (1843 - 1926), "Der Alpenjäger", op. 29 no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gesänge aus Schiller's Wilhelm Tell für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Lied des Alpenjägers", op. 51 (Drei Lieder nach Friedrich Schiller) no. 3 (1905), published 1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Der Alpenjäger", S. 292, from Drei Lieder aus Schillers Wilhelm Tell, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Lied des Alpensängers" [ voice and guitar ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Alpenjägerlied", op. 195 (Zehn Gesänge für Männerchor) no. 3 (1860-70), published 1876 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Rust (1822 - 1892), "Auf der Alp", op. 30 (Zwei vierstimmige Lieder für S., A., T. und B.) no. 2, published 1875 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Alpenjäger", op. 144 no. 5, published 1864 [ medium voice and piano ], from Dichtungen von Fr. von Schiller, für eine Singstimme und zwei Singstimmen mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Alpenjäger", 1825? [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El caçador dels Alps", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Alpine hunter", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "The alpine hunter", first published 1911
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le chasseur des Alpes", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

The alpine hunter
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Now thunder the heav'ns, and tremble the bridge,
The huntsman is fearless on steep, dizzy ridge.
He strides on, undaunted,
O'er glaciers and snow,
Where smileth no summer,
Where flow'rs never grow.

Far down neath his feet rolls an ocean of sky,
The cities of men he no more can descry;
Yet anon thro' the clouds
Is the earth to be seen;
Far down smile the valleys,
The meadows are green.

From Franz Liszt. Thirty Songs. edited by Charles Armbruster. Dover Publications, Inc., New York.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Charles Fonteyn Manney (1872 - 1951), "The alpine hunter", first published 1911 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), appears in Wilhelm Tell
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 71

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