by Georg von Schultz , as Dr. Bertram
Das ferne Land
Language: German (Deutsch)
Traget mich, schwankende Wellen, über die Tiefe geschwind; dort zu den Inseln, den hellen, führe mich, schwellender Wind! Dort in den sonnigen Fernen lockt mich ein schönerer Strand; glänzender leuchten die Sterne in dem glückseligen Land. Mild ist das Feuer der Sonne, tiefer das himmlische Blau; Land voll unendbarer Wonne, gleichst der holdseligsten Frau. Und in den rauschenden Bäumen tönt es wie Geistergesang; ach, zu den herrlichsten Träumen zieht mich unendlicher Drang! Hin zu dem fröhlichen, hin zu dem seligen fernen Land!
Note: in Henselt's score, there is a misprint in stanza 2, line 3, which reads in the manuscript "glänzender leuchtender Sterne", but The Ten Cent “Ten Little Injuns” Songster, New York, De Witt, 1869, page 71 has the above correction and mentions this song.
Text Authorship:
- by Georg von Schultz , as Dr. Bertram [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 Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "Das ferne Land", subtitle: "Romanze für Klavier", c1894-7 [ voice, cello, and harp or piano ], original melody by G. Schultz (Adaiewsky's father); this arrangement based on a solo piano piece by Adaiewsky's piano teacher, Adolf von Henselt (he wrote two versions) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "Das ferne Land", c1894-7 [ voice, cello or mandola, and piano ], original melody by G. Schultz (Adaiewsky's father); this arrangement based on a solo piano piece by Adaiewsky's piano teacher, Adolf von Henselt (he wrote two versions) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "Das ferne Land", c1894-7 [ voice, cello, and piano ], original melody by G. Schultz (Adaiewsky's father) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf von Henselt (1814 - 1889), "Das ferne Land" [ voice and piano ], arrangement of a melody by G. Schultz [sung text checked 1 time]
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