Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte

Song Cycle by Max Staegemann (1843 - 1905)

1. Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh' [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch)

Über allen [Gipfeln]¹
Ist Ruh',
In allen Wipfeln
Spürest du
Kaum einen Hauch;
Die [Vögelein]² schweigen im Walde.
Warte nur, balde
Ruhest du auch.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), title 1: "Ein gleiches", title 2: "Wandrers Nachtlied", subtitle: "Ein gleiches", written 1780, first published 1815

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CZE Czech (Čeština) (Karel Dostál-Lutinov) , "Počkej", first published 1917
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Wim Reedijk) , "Boven alle bergen", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Trekkers nachtlied II", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Over all the peaks it is peaceful", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "The wanderer's night-song", appears in The Poems of Goethe, first published 1853
ENG English [singable] (Arthur Westbrook) , "Wanderer's night song"
ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Yölaulu", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chant de nuit du voyageur II", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au sommet de tous les pics", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sopra ogni vetta", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canto notturno del viandante I", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
RUS Russian (Русский) (Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky) , no title
SPA Spanish (Español) (Mercedes Vivas) , "Sobre todas las cumbres", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109; and with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1815, page 99.

Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the capitalized word "über" becomes "Ueber", but this is often due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, since the lower-case version is not "ueber", so we use "Über".

¹ Flügel, Gaugler, Hasse, Radecke: "Wipfeln" (according to the incipits given in Hofmeister) ; further changes may exist not noted above. Lachner: Both "Gipfeln" and "Wipfeln."
² Schubert: "Vöglein"
See also J.D. Falk's poem Unter allen Wipfeln ist Ruh.

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

2. Der du von dem Himmel bist [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch)

Der¹ du [von dem Himmel]² bist,
[Alles Leid]³ und Schmerzen [stillest]⁴,
Den, der doppelt elend ist,
Doppelt mit [Erquickung füllest]⁵,
Ach ich bin des Treibens müde!
[Was soll all der Schmerz und Lust?]⁶
Süßer Friede,
Komm, ach komm in [meine]⁷ Brust!

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Wandrers Nachtlied", written 1776, first published 1780

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "The wanderer's night-song", appears in The Poems of Goethe, first published 1853
ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "O thou who from heaven art", first published 1911

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Confirmed with Goethe’s Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109.

First published in Christliches Magazin Herausgegeben von Joh. Konrad Pfenninger, Dritter Band, 1780, page 243, with the musical setting by Ph. Ch. Kayser.

¹ Backer-Grøndahl’s score has a comma after this word (likely a typo)
² Kirchner: "von den Himmeln"; Hiller, Milcke: "vom Himmel" (further changes may exist not shown above)
³ Rust: "Kummer, Leid"
⁴ Schubert: "stillst"
⁵ Schubert: "Entzückung füllst"
⁶ Rust: "Bangen Schmerzes, wilder Lust,"; Arnim and J. Marx: "Was soll all der Schmerz, die Lust?"
⁷ Backer-Grøndahl: "meiner" (likely a typo)

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

Total word count: 65