The Erl King

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Singable translation by W. Bartholomew

a text in German by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) DUT ITA FRE FIN SPA

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

by Anne Sheppard Mounsey , "The Erl King", note: also set in German

by Gottlob Bachmann (1763-1840) , "Erlkönig", op. 43, published 1798/99?
by Carl Blum (1786-1844) , "Erlkönig", op. 12.
by Max (Traugott Maximillian) Eberwein (1775-1831) , "Erlkönig", 1826.
by August Engelberg (1817-1850) , "Erlkönig", 1841. [voice and piano]
by Anselm Hüttenbrenner (1794-1868) , "Erlkönig", 1829.
by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793-1832) , "Der Erlkönig", published c1815/6. [voice and piano]
by Otto Klemperer (1885-1973) , "Der Erlkönig", c1948.
by Huub de Lange (1955-) , "Erlkönig", published 2004 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Drei Goethe Lieder, no. 1.
by Tapani Länsiö (1953-) , "Erlkönig", 2002. [chorus and string quartet]
by Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe (1796-1869) , "Erlkönig", op. 1 no. 3 (1818).
by Otto Ludwig (1813-1865) , "Der Erlkönig" [soli, chorus, and piano], MS at Goethe-Museum, Düsseldorf
by Émile Louis Victor Mathieu (1844-1932) , "Erlkönig", note: also set in French
by Friedrich Methfessel (1771-1807) , "Erlkönig", published c1805 [voice and guitar], from Zwölf Lieder mit Begleitung der Guitarre, no. 9, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel
by Anne Sheppard Mounsey , "Erlkönig", note: also set in English
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Erlkönig", published 1794.
by Andreas Jakob Romberg (1767-1821) , "Erlkönig", published 1793.
by Louis Schlottmann (1826-1905) , "Erlkönig", op. 44 (10 Goethe'sche Dichtungen) no. 8, published 1878?
by Julius Schneider (1805-1885) , "Erlkönig", 1828.
by Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751-1802) , "Der Erlkönig", 1782.
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Erlkönig", op. 1, D. 328 (1815), published 1821.
by Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784-1859) , "Erlkönig", op. 154 no. 4 (1856), from Sechs Lieder für Bariton mit Begleitung von Violine und Klavier, no. 4.
by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774-1850) , "Erlkönig", op. 59 no. 1 (1815?)
by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) , "Der Erlkönig", 1797.

by John Wall Callcott (1766-1821) , "The Erl King" [thre-part glee]

by Émile Louis Victor Mathieu (1844-1932) , "Le Roi des Aulnes", note: also set in German

Date added to the website: 2005-09-25.

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