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[Im]1 Rhein, [im]1 [schönen]2 Strome, Da spiegelt sich in den [Well'n]3 Mit seinem großen Dome Das [große, heil'ge]4 Köln. Im Dom da steht ein Bildnis, Auf [goldnem Leder]5 gemalt; In meines Lebens Wildnis Hat's freundlich [hineingestrahlt]6. Es schweben Blumen und [Eng'lein]7 Um unsre liebe Frau; Die Augen, die Lippen, die Wänglein, Die gleichen der Liebsten genau.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 120.
1 Hollmann, Urspruch: "Am" / "am"; further changes may exist for Hollmann's setting, not shown above.2 Schumann, Franz: "heiligen" (also in the first version by Heine).
3 Liszt: "Wellen"
4 Liszt, Urspruch: "große, das heilige"
5 Franz: "goldenem Grunde"; Urspruch: "goldenes Leder"
6 Urspruch: "herein gestrahlt"
7 Ender: "Eng'lein"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 11 [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 Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Im Rhein, im schönen Strome", op. 3 (Fünf Gesänge für Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 1 (189-?), published 1896 [ baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans van den Burg , "Im Rhein", published 18-? [ alto or baritone and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Oskar Eichberg (1845 - 1898), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 5 (Drei Gedichte) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moriz Ender , "Im Rhein", from Drei Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Im Rhein, im schönen Strome", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3 (1878), published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Frühlingzyklus, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Im Rhein, im schönen Strome", op. 18 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 2, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Goldner (1839 - 1907), "Im Rhein", op. 2 (Drei Gesänge) no. 3 [ bass or baritone, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rich. Grelling , "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Friedrich Grimmer (1798 - 1850), "Das Bild im Dom zu Cöln", published <<1877, from Lieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Gardiner Hammond (1874 - 1945), "Im Rhein", published 1903-9, from Heine Songs, no. 3, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Heinefetter (1833 - 1934), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 30 (Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm C. Hollmann (d. 1879), "Am Rhein, am schönen Strome", op. 5, published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Jost (b. 1963), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", 2017 [ soprano or tenor, string quartet, flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 6, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858), "Kölln" [ voice and guitar ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. Koerber , "Im Dom zu Köln", from Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Theodor Kugler (1808 - 1858), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", published 1830, from Skizzenbuch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph, Baron von Lauer-Münchhofen (1796 - 1874), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 6 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Linko (1889 - 1960), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 5 no. 1 (1914?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Im Rhein, im schönen Strome", S. 272, published 1856, rev. 1860 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Möhring (1816 - 1887), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 16 (Lieder aus den Rheinlanden ), Heft 2 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878), "Das Muttergottesbild", op. 160 (Lieder) no. 1, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Diabelli und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Rückauf (1855 - 1903), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte ) no. 3, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Im Rhein, im schönen Strome", op. 48 no. 6 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 6, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bertram Shapleigh (1871 - 1940), "Im Rhein, im schönen Strome", op. 32 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3, published 1901, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Stade (1817 - 1902), "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 4 (Vier [Fünf] Lieder von H. Heine) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Stehle , "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", published 1877 [ high voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Am Rhein, am heiligen Strome", op. 6 (Liebeslieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine), Heft 4 no. 1 (1875), published 1876 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Das Bild zu Cöln", op. 39 (Sechs Gedichte von Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. Willemsen , "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", op. 3 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Oscar Strasnoy (b. 1970), "Auf Flügeln des Gesanges" [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Heine, no. 5
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Albrecht Rodenbach (1856 - 1880) , "Van het Dombeeld" ; composed by Lodewijk Mortelmans.
- Also set in English, a translation by James Thomson (1834 - 1882) ; composed by John Joseph Becker.
- Also set in English, a translation by Jacques Ahrem ; composed by William Gardiner Hammond.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Mabelle Shapleigh (flourished 1898-1938) ; composed by Bertram Shapleigh.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En el Rin, el bonic riu", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jan Rot) , "In Keulen hoor ik het dond'ren", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De Rijn, die stroom o zo prachtig", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "In the Rhine, in the fair stream", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Arthur Westbrook) , "In the Rhine, that noble river"
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 11, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Στον Ρήνο, στο ιερό ποτάμι", 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
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Nel Reno, nel sacro fiume", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "En el Rin, el santo río", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 56
De Rijn, die stroom o zo prachtig, Weerspiegelt wijd in zijn nat De grote dom, zo machtig, En Keulens heilige stad. De dom bewaart een beeltenis, Geschilderd in goud op leer; Die heeft mijns levens wildernis Verlicht met haar stralen zeer. Veel bloemen en eng'len hangen Om Onze Lieve Vrouw, Haar ogen, haar lippen, haar wangen, Die lijken, mijn liefste, op jou.
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- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2012 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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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. 11
This text was added to the website: 2012-09-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 62