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Alle Winde schlafen Auf dem Spiegel der Flut; Kühle Schatten des Abends Decken die Müden zu. Luna hängt sich Schleier Über ihr Gesicht, Schwebt in dämmernden Träumen Über die Wasser hin. Alles, Alles stille Auf dem weiten Meer! Nur mein Herz will nimmer Mit zu Ruhe gehn. In der Liebe Fluten Treibt es her und hin, Wo die Stürme nicht ruhen, Bis der Nachen sinkt.
J. Eschmann sets stanzas 1-3
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Wilhelm Müller, Miniatur-Ausgabe, Zweiter Theil, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1850, page 85.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Die Meere", appears in Lyrische Reisen und epigrammatische Spaziergänge, in Lieder aus dem Meerbusen von Salerno [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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 Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Die Meere", op. 20 (Drei Duette) no. 3 (1860), published 1862 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Bonn, N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Eberhardt (1855 - 1922), "Die Meere ", op. 20, Heft 3 no. 21, published 1891 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Amata. Ein Cyklus von 30 Liedern für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte, no. 21, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Carl Eschmann (1826 - 1882), "Auf dem Meere", op. 7 (Fünf Lieder von J. von Eichendorff, E. Geibel und W. Müller) no. 3, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Karl Johann Hofmann (1842 - 1902), "Die Meere", op. 26 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singst mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns (1809 - 1888), "Die Meere", op. 13 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 1, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Theodor Seiffert (1805 - 1885), "Alle Winde schlafen", op. 2 no. 3, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], Schleusingen: Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 65
The winds are all sleeping on the mirror of the water; cool shadows of evening cover the weary. Luna draws a veil across her face, hovering in twilight dreams over the water. Everything, everything is silent on the broad sea! Only my heart will never be at peace. The tide of love drives it here and there, where storms do not rest until the little boat sinks.
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Translations of titles
"Die Meere" = "The Sea"
"Auf die Meere" = "On the Sea"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Die Meere", appears in Lyrische Reisen und epigrammatische Spaziergänge, in Lieder aus dem Meerbusen von Salerno
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 68