L. Schidlowsky sets stanza 1

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• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in In der Fremde, no. 3 [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 Constantin C. von Bach , "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland", from Lieder [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Yehezkel Braun (b. 1922), "Es war ein Traum", 2006, published 2006 [baritone and piano], from Spätlese aus Heinrich Heines Gedichte, no. 8 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Leopold Damrosch (1832 - 1885), "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland", op. 13 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1870 [voice and piano], Breslau, Lichtenberg [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by G. A. Demidov , "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland", 2008-9 [voice and piano], from In der Fremde, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Don Forsythe (b. 1932), "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland", 2007/8, published c2007-8 [high voice and piano], from Verschiedene : vol. 2, Clarisse-Tragödie, no. 30 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Es war ein Traum", op. 13 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1846 [soprano or tenor and piano], Berlin, Schlesinger [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Charles Beach Hawley (1858 - 1915), "Es war ein Traum", published 1909 [bass and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Eduard Hermes (1818 - 1905), "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland", op. 81 (Vier Männerquartette) no. 1, published 1881 [vocal quartet for male voices], Berlin, Erler [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Voiczek Ivanovich Hlavác (1849 - 1911), "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Niels Frédéric Hoffmann (b. 1943), "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland" [voice, piano, violoncello, and vibraphone] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by David Hönigsberg (b. 1959), "In der Ferne", 1978 [voice and piano], from Four early songs, no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Aus der Fremde", op. 5 (8 Gesänge für 4 Männerstimme) no. 2, published 1865 [vocal quartet for male voices], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland", 1994-5, published c1998 [tenor and piano], from Ein Liederbuch nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Abteilung I, no. 7 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Genady Osipovich Korganov (1858 - 1890), "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland", published 1867 [voice and piano], from Fünf Lieder, no. 2, Weimar, Kühn [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by George Mart , "Es war ein Traum" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Miklaschewsky , "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Peter Martin Cornelius Rübner (1853 - 1929), "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland", op. 18 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1883 [voice and piano], Baden-Baden, Sommermeyer [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by León Schidlowsky (b. 1931), "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland", published 1998, stanza 1 [mezzo-soprano with harp, string quartet, and percussion], from Lamento, no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Carl Venth (1860 - 1938), "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland", op. 100 (Lieder) no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Zaitsev , "Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG ENG RUS ; composed by Emil Axman.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954) , written 1897 RUS ; composed by Charles Edward Ives.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893) , "Сон" [an adaptation] DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE ; composed by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov.
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• Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by A. Krymsky (1871 - 1941) ENG ENG RUS ; composed by Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko, Denys Volodymyrovych Sichyns'kyj.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Once I had a wonderful homeland", copyright ©

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