Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends

Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends,
In dem träumerischen Wald,
Immer wandelt mir zur Seite
Deine zärtliche Gestalt.

Ist es nicht dein weißer Schleier?
Nicht dein sanftes Angesicht?
Oder ist es nur der Mondschein,
Der durch Tannendunkel bricht?

Sind es meine eignen Tränen
Die ich leise rinnen hör'?
Oder gehst du, Liebste, wirklich
Weinend neben mir einher?

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Seraphine, no. 1

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

by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", c1917, unpublished
by Nicolae Bretan (1887-1968) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald", published 198-? [medium voice and piano], from Lieder zu Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Nikolaus Lenau, Rainer Maria Rilke, no. ?, also set in English, also set in Romanian
by Leopold Damrosch (1832-1885) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", op. 16 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3.
by Bernard van Dieren (1887-1936) , "Seraphine", 1930, published 1930.
by J. Dürck , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", from Sechs Lieder und Gesänge, no. 6.
by Heinrich Esser (1818-1872) , "Im Walde"
by Richard Farber (1945-) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", 2006, published 2006 [tenor and piano], from Seraphine, no. 1.
by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850-1900) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald", H. 76 (1866).
by Don Forsythe (1932-) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", 2007, published c2007-8 [high voice and piano], from Verschiedene : vol. 1, Seraphine-Hortense, no. 1.
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", op. 39 (Sechs Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 4 (1867?)
by Richard Gompertz (1859-1921) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends"
by Henrik Hennings (1848-1923) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald", from Sechs Lieder von H. Heine, no. 5.
by A. Herwalt , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", from Lieder, Heft 1, no. 5
by Konrad Heubner (1860-1905) , "Seraphine (Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends)", op. 7 (Lieder) no. 3.
by Arno Kleffel (1840-1913) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", op. 20 (Zwölf Lieder), Heft 2 no. 9.
by Emma Kodály (1863-1958) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald"
by Eduard Lassen (1830-1904) , "Im Wald", published 1871, from Lieder, Heft 5, no. 3
by Helen Agnes MacWhirter , "Seraphine", published 1903? [contralto and piano], from Two songs for contralto, no. 1.
by Adolf Eduard Marschner (1819-1853) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", op. 18 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge) no. 3.
by Erwin E. Wilhelm Meier (1937-) , "Wandl' ich", published c1996 [baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano], from "Sonnennachtigallen sind es ..." : sechs Gedichte aus "Seraphine" von Heinrich Heine, no. 1.
by Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905-1988) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", 1922, published 1922/3, from Zehn Lieder, no. 1.
by Hendrik Christian van Oort (1873-) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", op. 2 no. 1, published 190-?
by Wilhelm Platz , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", from Lieder, no. 82
by Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild (1832-1924) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", from Sechs Lieder, no. 1.
by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868-1937) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends"
by Louis Samson , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends"
by (Richard Gustav) Heinz Tiessen (1887-1971) , "Seraphine", op. 1 (Lieder) no. 1.
by Alexander Winterberger (1834-1914) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", op. 10 (20 Gesänge) no. 10, published 1862. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by Kosaku Yamada (1886-1965) , "Seraphine", published 1963.
by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) , "Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends", 1892, from Zwei Lieder auf Texte von Heinrich Heine, no. 2.

by Xavier Henri Napoleon Leroux (1863-1919) , "Dans la forêt", published 1903, from Les sérénades (Dix mélodies), no. 1.
by Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) , "Dans la forêt", op. 22 (12 mélodies sur des poèmes de Catulle Mendès) no. 1, published 1903.
by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) , "Clair de lune", c1865, published 1878, from Vingt mélodies et duos, no. 15.

by Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) , "Séraphine"

by Nicolae Bretan (1887-1968) , "I wander the forest", published 198-? [medium voice and piano], from Lieder zu Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Nikolaus Lenau, Rainer Maria Rilke, no. ?, also set in German, also set in Romanian

by Nicolae Bretan (1887-1968) , "Prin padurea visatore", published 198-? [medium voice and piano], from Lieder zu Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Nikolaus Lenau, Rainer Maria Rilke, no. ?, also set in German, also set in English

by Robert Caby (1905-1992) , "Séraphine", 1943, published 1991, from Les lieds de Henri Heine: cycle de 23 lieder et interludes, no. 15.

by Pietro Cimara (1887-1967) , "Nostalgia", published 1983. [soprano or mezzo soprano and piano]
by Giovanni Sgambati (1841-1914) , "Serafina", op. 35 no. 1, published 1904. [voice and piano]

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Dans la forêt que crée un rêve

Dans la forêt que crée un rêve,
Je vais le soir dans la forêt;
Ta frèle image m'apparait
Et chemine avec moi sans trève.

N'est-ce pas là ton voile fin,
Brouillard léger dans la nuit brune?
Ou n'est-ce que le clair de lune 
A travers l'ombre du sapin? 

Et ces larmes, sont ce les miennes
Que j'entends couler doucement?
Ou se peut-il réellement
Qu'à mes côtés en pleurs, tu viennes?

by Catulle Mendès (1841-1909)

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Seraphine, no. 1 ENG ITA

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

by Xavier Henri Napoleon Leroux (1863-1919) , "Dans la forêt", published 1903, from Les sérénades (Dix mélodies), no. 1.
by Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) , "Dans la forêt", op. 22 (12 mélodies sur des poèmes de Catulle Mendès) no. 1, published 1903.
by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) , "Clair de lune", c1865, published 1878, from Vingt mélodies et duos, no. 15.

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.