by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Am Fenster stand die Mutter
Language: German (Deutsch)
Am Fenster stand die Mutter, Im Bette lag der Sohn. "Willst du nicht aufstehn, Wilhelm, Zu schaun die Prozession?" "Ich bin so krank, o Mutter, Daß ich nicht hör und seh; Ich denk an das tote Gretchen, Da tut das Herz mir weh." - "Steh auf, wir wollen nach Kevlaar, Nimm Buch und Rosenkranz; Die Muttergottes heilt dir Dein krankes Herze ganz." Es flattern die Kirchenfahnen, Es singt im Kirchenton; Das ist zu Köllen am Rheine, Da geht die Prozession. Die Mutter folgt der Menge, Den Sohn, den führet sie, Sie singen beide im Chore: "Gelobt seist du, Marie!"
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Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1 [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 Max Joseph Beer (1851 - 1908), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", op. 44 no. 1, published 1890 [ reciter, men's chorus or mixed chorus, harmonium, piano, and tam-tam obbligato ], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar von Heine, no. 1, Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hubert Cuypers (1873 - 1960), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter" [ speaker with orchestra ], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaer : Deklamatorium, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Dütschke (1848 - 1928), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", op. 8 no. 1, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Paul Ertel (1865 - 1933), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", op. 3 no. 1, published 1902 [ vocal duet for baritone and soprano or tenor with string quartet and harmonium ], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1, Berlin: Paul Koeppen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", op. 46 no. 1, published 1895 [ soprano and baritone with string quartet ], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Gunkel (1866 - 1901), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", op. 20 no. 1, published 1898 [ low voice and piano ], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1, Berlin, Gnevkow  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", op. 83 no. 1, published 1861, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 - 1921), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", 1878, published 1888 [ mezzo-soprano, tenor, chorus of mixed chorus, and orchestra ], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar : Ballade, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josip Ipavec (1873 - 1921), "Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar", published 1998 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruno Oscar Klein (1858 - 1911), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", op. 17 no. 1, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Klose (1862 - 1942), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", 1910 [ speaker, three choruses, orchestra, and organ ], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Krinninger , "Am Fenster stand die Mutter" [ speaker and piano ], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar : Melodram, no. 1, Max Brockhaus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Ludolfs , "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", op. 4 no. 1, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus (1827 - 1896), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", op. 3 no. 1, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], from Romanzen und Balladen. Heft 1, Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1, Berlin, Stern und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", op. 4 no. 1 (1911), from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", c1890 [ voice and piano ], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Pohl (1826 - 1896), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", published 1892, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", 1893 [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolph Schweida , "Am Fenster stand die Mutter" [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", op. 72 no. 1 (1898), published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871 - 1927), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Weyermann (1832 - 1888), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", op. 24 no. 1, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Wuzél (1865 - 1940), "Am Fenster stand die Mutter", from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar", op. 18 (Zwei Romanzen von Heinrich Heine) no. 1, published c1840 [ alto, mezzo-soprano, or baritone, and orchestra ]
- by Franz Zebinger (b. 1946), "Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar : Ballade", 1987 [ alto, organ, and tape ]
- by Johann Baptist Zerlett (1859 - 1935), "Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar : Ballade", op. 254, published 1906 [ speaker and string orchestra or piano ]
- by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar", op. 44 (Zwei Balladen) no. 1
- by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar von Heinrich Heine", op. 12, published 1892 [ low voice with orchestra or piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Leon Malinofsky) , "A Pilgrimage to Kevlaar", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-10-14
Line count: 20
Word count: 98