by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Am leuchtenden [Sommermorgen]1 Geh' ich im Garten herum. Es flüstern und sprechen die Blumen, [Ich aber, ich wandle stumm.]2 Es flüstern und sprechen die Blumen, Und [schaun]3 mitleidig mich an: Sei [unserer]4 Schwester nicht böse, Du trauriger blasser Mann.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 150.
Note for stanza 1, line 4: Heine's first version of this poem had "Ich aber wandle stumm."
1 Gaul: "Frühlingsmorgen"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Schumann: "Ich aber wandle stumm"
3 Franz: "schauen"
4 Franz, R. Schumann: "unsrer"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 45 [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 Ferdinand Gottfried Baake (1800 - 1881), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 13 (Junge Leiden : 13 Gedichte von Heinrich Heine) no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Bade , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für 1 Männerstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1896 [ male voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by János Bókay (b. 1858), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", published 1925, from Heine-dalok, no. 17 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charlotte von Bülow (1817 - 1908), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", published 1870 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder, no. 2, Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by L. Deland , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 3 (Vier Lieder von Heine) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Deprosse (1838 - 1878), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 26 (Sieben Lieder) no. 7, published 1868 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nicola Dmitrieff , "Poetischer Einfall", from Herbstblätter: Sechs Lieder von Heine, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Dörr , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Armand Erdös (1878 - 1920), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", published 19--?, from Zwölf deutsche Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Für Bitte der Blumen", H. 116 (1868) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Sommerzyklus, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 11 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 2, published 1847 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Stern & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", published 1879 [ mezzo-soprano or soprano or tenor and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Sopran oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Gaul , "Wanderlied", published 1895 [ tenor and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme und Pianoforte, no. 6, Leipzig, Buselmeier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Grenzebach , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", published 18-?, from Sechs Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", 1827, published c2003 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Hermann (1869 - 1912), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 1 (Zwölf kleine Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Jost (b. 1963), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", 2017 [ soprano or tenor, string quartet, flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 13, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", 1994-5, published c1998 [ tenor and piano ], from Ein Liederbuch nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Abteilung I, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Liebig J. Lärum , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", from Zwei Gesänge, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Laser (1864 - 1905), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 5 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1869 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fredric Myrow , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen" [ soprano, flute, viola, and 2 cellos ], from Vier Lieder im Frühling, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by František Pivoda (1824 - 1898), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 101 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Rea (b. 1944), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", 1986, published 1922 [ duet for 2 sopranos with clarinet ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Roeder (1851 - 1895), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 48 no. 12 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 12, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Siebmann , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 47 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 [ alto or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Stade (1817 - 1902), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 4 (Vier [Fünf] Lieder von H. Heine) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friederika Charlotte Paulina Struth (1824 - 1885), as P. Brönner, "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 12 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Sucher (1843 - 1908), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marcel Tyberg (1893 - 1944), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen" [ voice and piano ], from Song Cycle from Heinrich Heine's Lyrischen Intermezzo, no. 15 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 6 (Liebeslieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine), Heft 5 no. 1, published 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Venth (1860 - 1938), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen" [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Oscar Strasnoy (b. 1970), "Die Linde blühte, die Nachtigall sang" [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Heine, no. 8
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En un lluminós matí d'estiu", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jan Rot) , "Een zwoelige zomermorgen", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Op 'n stralende zomermorgen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "On a shining summer morning", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (John Todhunter) , "Poetical idea", first published <<1907
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 45, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Ένα ηλιόλουστο καλοκαιριάτ_", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Assaf Levitin) (Michal Levitin) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Una luminosa mattina d'estate", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "En una luminosa mañana de verano", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 43