Heimkehr

O brich nicht, Steg, du zitterst sehr!
O stürz' nicht, Fels, du dräuest schwer!
Welt, geh' nicht unter, Himmel, fall' nicht ein,
[Eh]1 ich mag bei der Liebsten sein!

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¹ Brahms: "Bis"

Authorship

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862) , "Heimkehr", 1811, from Lieder, in Wanderlieder, no. 9, published 1815

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

by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) , "Heimkehr", op. 7 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6 (1851).
by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805-1841) , "Heimkehr", op. 4 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 2 (1832), published 1832 [voice and piano], Berlin, Trautwein
by Friedrich August Dressler , "Heimkehr", op. 12 no. 9, published 1877 [voice and piano], from Wanderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Berlin, Bote & Bock
by W. Eckardt , "Brich nicht Steg", published 1836 [voice and piano], from 4 Wanderlieder von Uhland, Heft 1, no. 4, Berlin, Westphal
by H. Fuchs , "O brich nicht, Steg", op. 6 no. 4. [voice and piano]
by Friedrich Gernsheim (1839-1916) , "Heimkehr", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1865 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
by Henry Hepple , "Heimkehr", op. 4 no. 9, published 1876 [mezzo-soprano or tenor-baritone and piano], from Neun Wanderlieder für Mezzo-Soprano (oder Tenor-Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Hamburg, Böhme
by F. Hernandez , "Heimkehr", published 1899 [voice and piano], from Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Robitschek
by Heinrich Karl Johann Hofmann (1842-1902) , "Heimkehr", op. 27 no. 6, published 1875 [voice and piano], from Liedercyclus für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Breslau, Hainauer
by Theodor Kewitsch (1834-1903) , "Heimkehr", op. 17 (Drei Lieder) no. 6, published 1876 [men's chorus], from Sechs Wanderlieder für Männerchor, no. 6, Köln, Weber
by Conradin Kreutzer (1780-1849) , "Heimkehr", op. 34 no. 9, from Neun Wanderlieder von Uhland, no. 9.
by Johann Friedrich Bonneval de La Trobe (1769-1845) , "Heimkehr" [voice and piano], from Zwölf deutsche Lieder, no. 10.
by Eugenio di Pirani (1852-1939) , "Heimkehr", published 1886 [voice and piano], Berlin, Schlesinger
by Gustav Pressel (1827-1890) , "Heimkehr" [voice and piano], from Sieben Lieder, no. 4.
by Franz Radnitzky , "Heimkehr", published 1884 [voice and piano], from Neun Wanderlieder von L. Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 9, Wien, Wetzler
by Franz Joseph Schütky (1817-1893) , "Heimkehr", op. 30 no. 9, published 1883 [voice and piano], from Wanderlieder von L. Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 9, Stuttgart, Zumsteeg
by Ferdinand Sieber (1822-1895) , "Heimkehr", op. 87 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [voice and piano], Cassel, Luckhardt

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The journey home", copyright ©
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , "Retour à la maison", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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