by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Am Flusse
Language: German (Deutsch)
Verfließet, vielgeliebte Lieder, Zum Meere der Vergessenheit! Kein [Knabe]1 sing' entzückt euch wieder, Kein [Mädchen]2 in der Blütenzeit. Ihr sanget nur [von]3 meiner Lieben; Nun spricht sie meiner Treue Hohn. Ihr wart ins Wasser eingeschrieben; So fließt denn auch mit ihm davon.
G. Gerson sets stanza 1
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 68, and with Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1799, herausgegeben von Schiller. Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaischen Buchhandlung, page 231.
First published 1799 in Schiller's Musen-Almanach with the title "An meine Lieder" and with "Justus Amman" as the author's name.
1 Goethe's first edition: "Mädchen"2 Goethe's first edition: "Jüngling"
3 Goethe's first edition: "zu"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Am Flusse", written 1768-9, first published 1799 [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 Catharina Baum (d. 1876), "Am Flusse", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf deutsche Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franciscus (or Franz) Wilhelmus Bouman (1866 - 1896), "Am Flusse", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Rotterdam, Alsbach & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Dakon , "Am Flusse", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Gerson (1790 - 1825), "Am Flusse ", G. 114 (1817), stanza 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791 - 1874), "Am Flusse", published c1830, from Sechs Lieder von Goethe, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Am Flusse", op. 22 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 6, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf et Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Am Flusse", H-U 204 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl August Heymann-Rheineck (1854 - 1922), "Am Flusse", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "Am Flusse", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1887 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Am Flusse", 1904 [ voice, lute, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Am Flusse", published 1809 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Am Flusse", D 160 (1815), published 1894 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Am Flusse", D 766 (1822), published 1872 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter Schulthess (1894 - 1971), "Am Flusse" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Am Flusse", op. 55 (Gedichte von Goethe: III) no. 3 (1815?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Manfred Trojahn (b. 1949), "Am flusse" [ voice and piano ], from 4 Goethe Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugen de Westh , "Am Flusse", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 1, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Al riu", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "在河边", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Bij de rivier", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "By the river", copyright ©
- ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "By the river", first published 1853
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au bord du fleuve", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sul fiume", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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