by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
Du, trüber Nebel, hüllest mir
Language: German (Deutsch)
Du, trüber Nebel, [hüllest]1 mir Das Tal mit seinem Fluß, Den Berg mit seinem Waldrevier, [Und jeden]2 Sonnengruß. Nimm fort in deine graue Nacht Die Erde weit und breit! Nimm fort, was mich so traurig macht, Auch die Vergangenheit.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Strauss: "hüllst"
2 Strauss: "Mit jedem"
Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Nebel", written 1831, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Erinnerung [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 Eugen (Francis Charles) d'Albert (1864 - 1932), "Nebel", op. 3 (Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Barth (1850 - 1923), "Nebel ", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor (a capella)) no. 1, published 1885 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julie Deichmann (1828 - 1904), "Nebel", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Köln, Tonger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Nebel", op. 12 (Three Songs) no. 2 (188-?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Nebel", op. 28 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4, published 1857 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max J. L. Gus , "Nebel", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung (Heft 3), no. 3, Wiesbaden, Schellenberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Nebel", op. 29 (Fünf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1882 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Hess , "Nebel", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Maria Kappel von Savenau (1837 - 1916), as Carl Maria Kappel von Savenau, "Du trüber Nebel hüllest mir", published 1894 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Kletzki (1900 - 1973), "Nebel", op. 2 (Vier Lieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alwine Kühne , "Du trüber Nebel hüllest mir", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Bunzlau, Neudecker [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Washington Magnus (1863 - 1917), "Nebel", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mitzi von Markhof , "Du trüber Nebel hüllest mir", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Matthes , "Nebel", published 1886 [ soprano and piano ], from Kompositionen für Gesang. Heft 1. Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Annecke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Nening (b. 1966), "Nebel", 1989 [ mezzo-soprano, bass, clarinet, violin, viola, piano ], from cantata Herbstlieder. Kantate nach Texten von Nikolaus Lenau, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Nebel", op. 3 ([Fünf] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1881 [ high voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Nebel", WoO. 47 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by José Carlos do Amaral Vieira Filho (b. 1952), "Nebel", op. 119 (1979), first performed 2000 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Nebel", op. 18 no. 3 (1893), published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Severa. Sechs ernste Lieder, no. 3, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Widemann , "Nebel", op. 1 no. 3, published 1874 [ baritone and piano ], from Aus des Herzens Nacht. Vier Gesänge für Bariton mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Nebel", op. 106 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philip Wolfrum (1854 - 1919), "Nebel", op. 18 (Lieder und Gesänge (5. Heft) für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl  [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Zöllner (1854 - 1941), "Nebel", op. 36 no. 2, published 1887 [ medium voice and piano ], from Enelysion. Ein Liedercyklus von Lenau. Fünf Gesänge für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 2, Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Boira", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Brouillard", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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