Die schlanke Wasserlilie

Die schlanke Wasserlilie
Schaut träumend empor aus dem See;
Da grüßt der Mond herunter
Mit lichtem Liebesweh.

Verschämt senkt sie [das]1 Köpfchen
Wieder [hinab]2 zu den Well'n --
Da sieht sie zu ihren Füßen
Den armen [blassen]3 Gesell'n.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 15

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

by Carl Banck (1809-1889) , "Die Wasserlilie", op. 14 (Lyrische Traumbilder in Dichtungen) no. 2.
by Gustav Barth (1818-1897) , "Die Wasserlilie", op. 2 (Trümmer : Vier Gedichte) no. 3.
by E. Bollmann , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 2 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1906? [soprano and piano]
by Wilhelm Brauer , "Frühlingslied", op. 5 (Zwei Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 1.
by Jan Bernard H. Bremer (1830-) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 1 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 3, published 18-?
by Nicolae Bretan (1887-1968) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", published 198-? [medium voice and piano], note: also set in English ("The slender water lily") and Romanian ("Zveltul nufar")
by Alfred Brüggemann , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 1 (Drei Lieder) no. 3.
by H. Brune , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 22 (Lieder) no. 4.
by César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Karl Yulyevich Davidov (1838-1889) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Erazm Rafal Dluski (1857-1923) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Friedrich Elbogen (1854-1909) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", from Zwei Lieder, no. 1.
by Robert Emmerich (1836-1891) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 21 (Lieder) no. 4.
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 51 (Zehn Gesänge) no. 7, published 1879.
by Paul Geisler (1856-1919) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", from Gesänge: Zwölf Dichtungen von Heine und Rückert, no. 7.
by Goldstein , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864-1956) , "Die Wasserlilie", op. 8 (Lieder) no. 1.
by Oskar Guttmann (-1943) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 1 (Heine-Lieder (1904-1906)) no. 2, published 1911?
by F. B. Hamma , "Die Wasserlilie", from Vier Gedichte, no. 1.
by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811-1885) , "Mond und Lilie", op. 16, Heft 1 (Frühling und Liebe) no. 5, published 1833, from Neuer Frühling: Liederkreis von zwölf Gesängen von Heinrich Heine, no. 5.
by Voiczek Ivanovich Hlavác (1849-1911) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by M. Isaak , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6.
by Otto Jahn (1813-1869) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", from Acht Lieder (erste Sammlung), no. 2.
by Kott , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Heinz Kratochwil (1933-1995) , "Die Lilie", op. 1b (Drei Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 3 (1952). [voice and string trio]
by C. A. von Laffert , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", from Lieder, no. 2
by Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe (1796-1869) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", 1847.
by Markevich , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Dmitry Mikheyevich Melkikh (1885-1943) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", published 1905?, note: also set in Russian
by J. Meyer , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 2 (Lieder) no. 4.
by Miklaschewsky , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Mario van Overeem , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", from Neuer Frühling: 44 Lieder, no. 15.
by S. Pantschenko , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869-1949) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", 1884-6?
by Wilhelm Popp (1828-1903) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", from Lieder, Heft 3, no. 1
by (Madame) V. Preiss , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Bruno Ramann (1832-1897) , "Die Wasserlilie", op. 12 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2.
by Rapport , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Johann Roth (1852-1926) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 13 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5.
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Lied", op. 31 (Sechs Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen) no. 1 [four-part men's chorus a cappella], Leipzig, Kistner
by Louis Samson , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Die Wasserlilie (Die schöne Wasserlilie)", WoO. 82 (c1902?), unpublished fragment
by K. Schreider , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Konrad Schröder , "Wasserlilie und Mond", op. 1 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2.
by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859-1922) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Nikolay F. Solovyov (1846-1916) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", published 1872.
by Max Spicker (1858-1912) , "Die Wasserlilie", op. 18 (Lieder) no. 2.
by Stschurovsky , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by (Madame) Sybin , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Heinrich Timm (1811-1892) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2.
by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811-1886) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 18 (Liebeslust und Leid : Gedichte von Heine) no. 3.
by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858-1929) , no title, op. 4 no. 3 (1879), from Blumen von H. Heine : vier Gesänge, no. 3, also set in Dutch
by Marie Vanden Heuvel , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", published 1926, from Heine-Idyllen, no. 3.
by Willy Viol (1848-) , "Wasserlilie", op. 9 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4.
by Richard Wetz (1875-1935) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 4.
by Robert Winterberg (1884-1930) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie"
by Alexander Winterberger (1834-1914) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 10 (20 Gesänge) no. 7, published 1862. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by Felix von Woyrsch (1860-1944) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", op. 2 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1884. [voice, piano, and violin or violoncello]
by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) , "Die schlanke Wasserlilie", 1889-1890, from Sieben Lieder, no. 1.

by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943) , "Rechnaja lileja", op. 8 (Shest' romansov) no. 1, published 1894.

by Walter H. Arnold , "The moon and the water-lily", published 1901.

by George Frederick Boyle (1886-1948) , "The dreaming waterlily", published 1912 [high voice and piano], from Four poems from Heine's New Spring, no. 3.

by Edward Bruce , "The lily", published 1913, from Life and love: three songs from the German of Heine, no. 2.

by Samuel C. Colburn , "The slender water-lily", published 1907.

by Gwendolyn Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903-1998) , "The dreaming water-lily", op. 56, published c1930.

by Denys H. H. Grayson , "The slender water-lily", published 1913.

by Dmitry Mikheyevich Melkikh (1885-1943) , "Iz vod podymaja golovku", published 1905?, note: also set in German

by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858-1929) , no title, op. 4 no. 3, published 1879, from Blumen von H. Heine : vier Gesänge, no. 3, also set in German

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Rechnaja lileja

Rechnaja lileja, golovku podnjavshi na nebo gljadit;
A mesjac vljublennyj luchami unylo jejo serebrit...
I vot ona snova ponikla stydlivo, k lazurnym vodam;
No mesjac vse blednyj i tomnyj kak prizrak, sijajet i tam...

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Note on Transliteration

by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825-1893) , no title, published 1845

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 15 DUT 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 Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943) , "Rechnaja lileja", op. 8 (Shest' romansov) no. 1, published 1894.

Date added to the website: 2003-11-16.