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Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen, Das einst die Liebste sang, [So will mir die Brust]1 zerspringen [Vor]2 wildem [Schmerzendrang.]3 [Es treibt mich]4 ein dunkles Sehnen Hinauf [zur]5 Waldeshöh', Dort löst sich auf in Tränen Mein übergroßes Weh'.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 145.
1 Meyerbeer: "Will mir das Herz"2 Schumann: "Von"
3 Franz, Hinrichs: "Schmerzensdrang"
4 Meyerbeer: "Mich treibt"
5 Hinrichs: "zu der"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 40 [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 Joseph Achron (1886 - 1943), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 24 (1907?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Agate (1880 - 1940), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 1906 [ high voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 4, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859 - 1937), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 106 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1898 [ soprano and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Ast (1875 - 1964), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 1 (7 Lieder) no. 7, published 1904 [ high voice and piano ], Wien: Ludwig Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Ayres (b. 1970), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Constantin C. von Bach , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 37 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Petersburg, Bessel & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Catharina Baum (d. 1876), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 1869 [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Catharina Baum (d. 1876), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [ voice and piano ], Berlin: M. Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor von Brasch , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 1 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard, Freiherr von Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff (1831 - 1891), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 24 (Acht Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 1 (1908), lost [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cecil Coles (1888 - 1918), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Dakon , "Liebchens Lied", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Damrosch (1832 - 1885), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by L. Deland , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 3 (Vier Lieder von Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", 1890?, published 1977 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georgy Aleksandrovich Demidov (1837 - 1870), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Ehlert (1825 - 1884), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 11 (Drei zweistimmige Lieder ) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Friedrich Ehrlich (1807 - 1887), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nathan B. (H.?) Emanuel , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 3 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst II, Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (1818 - 1893), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from Vier Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugen Eschwege (1877 - 1945), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 1 (Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by O. Esfonde , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis (or Ludwig) Fanzler , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from 21 Lieder, Heft 2, no. 19 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Ihr Lied", H. 71 (1866) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Fink (1831 - 1911), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5, published 1857 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Th[eodor?] Fischer (1858 - ?), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Näumann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 (1878), published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 5 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 11, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Fricke (1877 - ?), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 12 (Lieder) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siga Garsó (1831 - 1915), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für Tenor oder Sopran mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Cassel, Scheel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Hör' ich nur das Liedchen klingen", published 1902, from Zwölf Romanzen, no. 2, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Nikolayevich Grigoriev , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791 - 1874), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 31 (Zweistimmige Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Grünfeld (1852 - 1924), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 1 (Vier Gedichte) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Grüttner , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schirmer & Möllendorf [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Hansmann (1871 - 1909), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 12 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Harthan (1855 - 1936), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 35 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Heffner (1851 - 1900), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 13 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch  [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Heinemann , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Henkel (1822 - 1899), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 41 (Zwölf Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 12 (1898) [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Hermann (1869 - 1912), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 1 (Zwölf kleine Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch (1806 - 1872), "Lied" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie Hinrichs (1828 - 1891), "Hör' ich das Liedchen", op. 1 (Neun Gesänge) no. 9, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Huber (1837 - 1886), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from Vier Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Jost (b. 1963), "Hör ich das Liedchen klingen", 2017 [ soprano or tenor, string quartet, flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 10, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933), "Anklang (Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen)", op. 53 no. 3 (1905), published 1906 [ high voice and piano ], from Stimmungen und Betrachtungen: Fünf Gedichte von Heine und Mosen, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Kiel (1821 - 1885), "Hör' ich das Liedchen", op. 31, Heft 2 no. 8 (1864), published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis. Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 8, Berlin : Bote & Bock; reprinted in 1997 by Verlag Dohr, Köln. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bruno Oscar Klein (1858 - 1911), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 59 (Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Dieckmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oscar Kolbe (1836 - 1878), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Adolf Kölla (1822 - 1905), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 1 (Leid und Freud' : Vier Gesänge ) no. 1, published 1856 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinz Kratochwil (1933 - 1995), "Hör' ich das Liedlein singen", op. 1a (Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 5 (1952) [sung text not yet checked]
- by G. A. Lang , "Erinnerung (Hör' ich das Liedchen erklingen)", from Vier Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Per Lasson (1859 - 1883), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder-Album. Fünfzehn Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 13, Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Stepanovich Lavrov (1861 - 1927), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by F. Lemmer , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Leschetizky (1830 - 1915), "Sehnsucht", op. 6 (Vier Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 15 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Löwenberg , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder von Heine für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Nikolayevich Merten (1814 - 1876), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", 1837 [ voice and piano ], also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Möhring (1816 - 1887), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 2 (Sechs Gesänge von Chamisso, Heine und Hoffmann von Fallersleben) no. 5, published 1838 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Crantz  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Carl Mühldorfer (1836 - 1919), "Sehnen", op. 22 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kristian Genrikh Paufler , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger (1815 - 1891), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 1865?, from Fünf Lieder von H. Heine, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Solomonovich Razmadze (1845 - 1896), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Roeder (1851 - 1895), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 23 (Vier Lieder von H. Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Schimon (1820 - 1887), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 28 (Lieder), Heft 2 no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Heinz Scholtys (1900 - 1945), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [ voice and piano ], from 94 Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Schreyer , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 48 no. 10 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 10, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Joseph Schütky (1817 - 1893), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 11 (Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by L. Schwab , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Petrovich Sokalsky (1830 - 1887), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by M. Spiro , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Gerbrand Striening (1860 - 1932), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 18--? [ alto and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alajos Tarnay (1870 - 1933), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Heine-Lieder, no. 1, Budapest, Rózsavölgyi & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by O. Torsell , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Berthold Tours (1838 - 1897), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 3 (Sechs Gedichte : von H. Heine und F. Dingelstedt) no. 5, published 18--? [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 6 (Liebeslieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine), Heft 2 no. 3, published 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
- by F. Vargues , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Veit , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 10 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Prag, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Völker , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from Alle meine kleinen Lieder : vier Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Gerhard Wegeler (1765 - 1848), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from Sechs Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Weidt (1824 - 1901), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 48 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joel Weiss , "Hör ich das Liedchen klingen", 2016 [ voice and piano ], from Heine Lieder, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wekschin , "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Album of German Songs (later published as Sixteen German Songs), no. 3, London: Stanley Lucas, Weber & Col.; also reprinted by Recital Publications (Texas) in 1995 , also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
- by August Daniel Ferdinand Victor Wilhelmj (1845 - 1908), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", from Sechs Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodorus Leonardus van der Wurff (1836 - 1900), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", 1863, published 1863, from Drei Lieder H. Heine, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Oscar Strasnoy (b. 1970), "Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass" [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Heine, no. 7
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- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by J. Kühnlova ; composed by Karel Boleslav Jirák.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Alfred Heller.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Joseph Henius ; composed by Joseph Henius.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937) , "Whenever I hear the strain" ; composed by Maude Valérie White.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Émile Deschamps (1791 - 1871) ; composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 41 ; composed by Marcel Bertrand.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ladislao de Makray.
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- Also set in Norwegian (Bokmål), a translation by Johan Nordahl Brun Rolfsen (1848 - 1928) ; composed by Edvard Grieg.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Pyotr Isayevich Veinberg (1831 - 1908) , no title ; composed by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov, Ernest Nikolayevich Merten.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , no title ; composed by Pyotr Nikolayevich Grigoriev, Nikolay Stepanovich Lavrov, Pyotr Andreyevich Shchurovsky.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892) , no title ; composed by Kristian Genrikh Paufler, Pyotr Petrovich Sokalsky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Quan sento la cançoneta", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jan Rot) , "Hoor nou 's wat ze zingen", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Hoor ik het liedje zingen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "I hear the dear song sounding", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kun kuulen laulun soivan", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 40, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Όταν ακούω το τραγούδι που", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Assaf Levitin) (Michal Levitin) , copyright © 2010, (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) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Sento risuonare la canzone", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "Cuando escucho la canción", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: René Slot , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 37
Sento risuonare la canzone che un giorno lei cantava, mi sento lacerare il petto per il peso selvaggio del dolore. Mi porta una cupa nostalgia verso le alture boscose, là si scioglie in pianto il mio troppo grande dolore.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2006 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 40
This text was added to the website: 2006-03-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 39