Über den Bergen

Über den Bergen,
weit zu wandern, sagen die Leute,
[wohnt]1 das Glück.
Ach, und ich ging,
im Schwarme der andern,
kam mit verweinten Augen zurück.
Über den Bergen,
weit, weit drüben, sagen die Leute
wohnt das Glück.

by Karl (or Carl) Busse (1872-1918)

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

by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885-1935) , "Über den Bergen", 1905-09, from Jugendlieder
by Berta Bock (1857-1945) , "Über den Bergen", op. 9 no. 1 [voice and piano], in the collection Lieder siebenbürgischer Komponisten, Book I
by Luise Greger, née Sumpf (1862-1944) , "Über den Bergen weit", alternate title: "Über die Berge weit"
by Robert Kahn (1865-1951) , "Über den Bergen weit zu wandern", op. 57 (Sieben Lieder) no. 7 (1912). [voice and piano]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Über den Bergen", WoO. 11 (1903).
by Ernest Vietor (fl. 1905-1930) , "Über den Bergen", op. 4 no. 2 (1907?)

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Over the mountains

Over the mountains,
far to travel, people say,
Happiness dwells.
Alas, and I went,
in the crowd of the others,
and returned with a tear-stained face.
Over the mountains,
far to travel, people say,
Happiness dwells.

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a text in German by Karl (or Carl) Busse (1872-1918)

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.