Sonnenuntergang

Sonnenuntergang;
Schwarze Wolken zieh'n,
O wie schwül und bang
Alle Winde flieh'n!

Durch den Himmel wild
Jagen Blitze bleich;
Ihr vergänglich Bild
Wandelt durch den Teich.

Wie Gewitter klar
Mein' ich Dich zu seh'n,
Und dein langes Haar
Frei im Sturme weh'n!

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802-1850) [pseudonym] , no title, from Gedichte: Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht, in Schilflieder, no. 4

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Sonnenuntergang; schwarze Wolken zieh'n", op. 2 (Schilflieder) no. 4.
by Julius Lammers (1829-1888) , "Sonnenuntergang", op. 7 (Schilf-Lieder) no. 4. [voice and piano]
by Henri Marteau (1874-1934) , "Sonnenuntergang", op. 31 (Fünf Schilflieder) no. 4, published 1925. [baritone, viola and piano]
by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel (1854-1912) , "Sonnenuntergang", op. 10 no. 4 (1875) [voice and piano], from Schilf-Lieder, no. 4, also set in Flemish (translated by E. Hiel)
by Emilie Zumsteeg (1796-1857) , "Schilflied Nr. 4", op. 6 (Lieder) no. 3.

ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue)
FRE French (Pierre Mathé)

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