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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
Translation © by Emily Ezust
O brich nicht, Steg, du zitterst sehr!
Language: German (Deutsch)
O brich nicht, Steg, du zitterst sehr! O stürz' nicht, Fels, du dräuest schwer! Welt, geh' nicht unter, Himmel, fall' nicht ein, [Eh]1 ich mag bei der Liebsten sein!
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Heimkehr", written 1811, appears in Lieder, in Wanderlieder, no. 9, first published 1815 [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 C. Altenburg , "Heimkehr", op. 3 no. 9, published 1900 [ soprano and piano ], from Uhland's Wanderlieder für Sopran mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 9, Braunschweig, Wollermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Heimkehr", op. 7 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6 (1851), published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Collischonn , "Heimkehr", op. 7 no. 6, published 1897 [ medium voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Frankfurt a/M., (Steyl & Thomas.) [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Heimkehr", op. 4 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 2 (1832), published 1832 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "Heimkehr", published 1834 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder von L. Uhland, no. 9, Berlin: Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich August Dressler (1827 - 1862), "Heimkehr", op. 12 no. 9, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Eckardt (1812 - 1885), "Brich nicht Steg", published 1836 [ voice and piano ], from 4 Wanderlieder von Uhland, Heft 1, no. 4, Berlin, Westphal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hubert Engels (1824 - 1891), "Heimkehr", op. 4 no. 9, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder von Ludwig Uhland für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Bremen, Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
- by H. Fuchs , "O brich nicht, Steg", op. 6 no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Gernsheim (1839 - 1916), "Heimkehr", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Conrad) Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863), "Heimkehr", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 9, München, Schmid [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Hepple , "Heimkehr", op. 4 no. 9, published 1876 [ mezzo-soprano or tenor-baritone and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder für Mezzo-Soprano (oder Tenor-Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Hamburg, Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
- by F. Hernandez , "Heimkehr ", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "O brich nicht, Steg", op. 28 (6 Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 5, published 1844 [ four-part men's chorus ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Karl Johann Hofmann (1842 - 1902), "Heimkehr", op. 27 no. 6, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Liedercyclus für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustave Léon Huberti (1843 - 1910), " Heimkehr", 1868 [ voice and piano ], from 8 Wanderlieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Kewitsch (1834 - 1903), "Heimkehr", op. 17 (Drei Lieder) no. 6, published 1876 [ men's chorus ], from Sechs Wanderlieder für Männerchor, no. 6, Köln, Weber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Heimkehr", op. 34 no. 9, KWV 9106 no. 9, published 1818 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder von Uhland, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Heimkehr", op. 79 (Sechs Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen ) no. 6, published 1831 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Probst [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Bonneval de La Trobe (1769 - 1845), "Heimkehr" [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf deutsche Lieder, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Messner , "Heimkehr", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Mittelstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1901 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugenio di Pirani (1852 - 1939), "Heimkehr", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Pressel (1827 - 1890), "Heimkehr" [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Radnitzky , "Heimkehr", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder von L. Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 9, Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Joseph Schütky (1817 - 1893), "Heimkehr", op. 30 no. 9, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder von L. Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 9, Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Heimkehr", op. 87 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Cassel, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Caroline Unger (1803 - 1877), as Caroline Sabatier-Ungher, "Heimkehr", published [c1864] [ voice and piano ], from Lieder, Mélodies et Stornelli, no. 25, Leipzig: C.G. Röder, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by François Sabatier (1818 - 1891) ; composed by Caroline Unger, as Caroline Sabatier-Ungher.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Naar huis terug", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 29
O break not, footbridge, you shake so...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
O break not, footbridge, you shake so very much, O fall not, rocks on the cliff, you seem so threateningly heavy, World, do not end, and sky, do not fall, Until I may be with my beloved!
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Translation of title "Heimkehr" = "The journey home"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Heimkehr", written 1811, appears in Lieder, in Wanderlieder, no. 9, first published 1815
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 37