Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam

Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam
Im Norden auf kahler Höh';
Ihn schläfert; mit weißer Decke
Umhüllen ihn Eis und Schnee.

Er träumt von einer Palme,
Die, fern im Morgenland,
Einsam und schweigend trauert
Auf brennender Felsenwand.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 33

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

by (Mary) Frances Allitsen, née Bumpus (1848-1912) , "Der Fichtenbaum", published 1900, from Eight songs from poems by Heine, no. 1.
by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847-1907) , "Ein Fichtenbaum", op. 14 (6 deutsche Lieder) no. 1, published 1881. [voice and piano]
by Hermann Behn (1857?9-1927) , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 1, Heft 2 no. 4 (189-?)
by Hans Guido, Freiherr von Bülow (1830-1894) , "Der Fichtenbaum", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2. [bass and piano]
by Gerard Bunk (1888-1958) , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder nach Texten verschiedener Dichter) no. 3 (1906-8). [medium voice and piano]
by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "Der Fichtenbaum", published 1977.
by Kaeza Fearn , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", published 2006. [baritone and piano]
by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854-1927) , "Ein Fichtenbaum", op. 57 (Six Songs) no. 2 (1909).
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Der Fichtenbaum", op. 16 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3, published 1856.
by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam"
by M. P. Kavelina , "Ein Fichtenbaum"
by Wilhelm Kempff (1895-1991) , "Der Fichtenbaum", op. 16 no. 1, published 1923.
by Vicomte de Kervéguen , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", published 1882, from Trois Lieder : sur des poésies de H. Heine, no. 2.
by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823-1903) , "Fichtenbaum und Palme", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1887. [voice and piano]
by Samuel de Lange (1840-1911) , "Ein Fichtenbaum", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5.
by Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) , "Ein Fichtenbaum"
by Eduard Lassen (1830-1904) , "Der Fichtenbaum"
by Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886) , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", S. 309, published 1860.
by Joseph Marx (1882-1964) , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", 1908.
by Carl (or Karl) Matys (1835-1908) , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 27 (Neun Lieder) no. 6.
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 12 (Drei Gedichte von Heine = 3 stikhotvorenija Geine) no. 2 (1907-8).
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Fichtenbaum und Palme", 1838.
by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869-1949) , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", 1884-6?
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Ein Fichtenbaum", op. 62 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3 (1861). [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Wilhelm Stehle , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", from Lieder, no. 1.
by Karl Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871-1927) , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 17 (Drei Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 2 (1890?)
by V. Styrcea , "Der Fichtenbaum", from Sechs Lieder, no. 1.
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803-1883) , "Fichtenbaum und Palme", op. 56 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1869?)
by Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874-1953) , "Ein Fichtenbaum (A spruce-tree)", published 1909, from Vier Lieder, no. 2.
by Julius Weismann (1879-1950) , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", 1921 [voice and piano], from 9 Lieder, no. 1.
by Max Zenger (1837-1911) , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 49 (Sieben fünfstimmige Chorgesänge) no. 4, published 1886. [STTBB chorus a cappella]

by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) , "På Norges nøgne fjelde", op. 59 (Elegiske dikt) no. 2 (1893-4), published 1894.

by Iver Holter (1850-1941) , "På Norges kolde vidder", op. 9 no. 2.

by Maurice Delage (1879-1961) , "Lahore: Une sapin isolé", 1912, from Quatre Poèmes Hindous, no. 2.

by Boris Vladimirovich Asafiev (1884-1949) , "Sosna", from Liricheskije Stranicy (na temu "Odinochestvo Lermontova"), no. 3.
by Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837-1910) , "Sosna", 1895.
by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813-1869) , "Sosna"
by Aleksandr Borisovich Goldenveizer (1875-1961) , "Sosna"
by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943) , "Sosna", op. 15 (Shest khorov (Six Choruses)) no. 3 (1895-6). [women's or children's chorus and piano]
by Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov (1866-1920) , "Sosna"
by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) , "Sosna"
by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "Na severe dikom...", op. 159 no. 1 (2006), published 2009 [voice and violoncello], from Ot sosny do luny, no. 1.

by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) , "Jel' i pal'ma", op. 3 no. 1 (1866).

by John Joseph Becker (1886-1961) , no title, 1925, from Heine Song Cycle, no. 4.

by Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko (1842-1912) , "Na p[i]vnoch[i], na kruch[i]" [tenor, baritone (or soprano and mezzo-soprano), and piano]

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På Norges nøgne fjelde

På Norges nøgne fjelde 
en gran så ensom står.
Den slumrer; et snehvidt lagen 
omkring den Vinteren slår.

Den drømmer om en palme, 
der fjernt i morgenland
sørger forladt og stille 
i ørkenens hede sand.

Singable translation by John Olaf Paulsen (1851-1924) , "På Norges nøgne fjelde"

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 33 RUS ENG ITA FRE

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

by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) , "På Norges nøgne fjelde", op. 59 (Elegiske dikt) no. 2 (1893-4), published 1894.

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