What means the lonely tear?

What means the lonely tear
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by Mary Alexander

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 27 DUT 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 Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "What means the lonely tear?", 1834, from Three poems by Heinrich Heine in the translations of Mary Alexander, no. 3.

by Eyvind Alnæs (1872-1932) , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 6 (Fem Sange til Texter for en Mellemstemme) no. 4.
by Emma Babnigg (1823-1904) , "Die Träne", op. 6 (Lieder) no. 1.
by Heike Beckmann , "Was will die einsame Träne"
by (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich Bellermann (1832-1903) , "Was will die einsame Träne" [voice, piano, violin obbligato]
by Julius Benoni (1833-?) , "Die Träne", published 1850, from Zwei Lieder, no. 1.
by Hans von Blome (1834-1921) , "Die Träne", op. 1.
by János Bókay (1858-) , "Was will die einsame Träne", published 1925, from Heine-dalok, no. 12.
by Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) , "Was will die einsame Träne?", published 1909/14, from Douze mélodies, no. 4, note: also set in French
by Hans (August Alexander) Bronsart (1830-1913) , "Was will die einsame Träne", published 1855, from 30 Lieder, no. 8.
by Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov (1822-1885) , "Was will die einsame Träne"
by Hans Guido, Freiherr von Bülow (1830-1894) , "Was will die einsame Träne", from Sechs Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 6.
by Jeannette Antonie Bürde (1799-?) , "Die einsame Träne", op. 9 (Drei Gesänge) no. 3, published 1850. [alto or bass and piano]
by Akos von Buttykay (1871-1935) , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 2 (Drei Lieder) no. 2.
by Peter Cornelius (1824-1874) , "Die Heimkehr", 1848, from Sechs Lieder, no. 1.
by Carl Heinrich Cornill (1854-1920) , "Was will die einsame Träne", from Lieder, no. 12
by Anton Antonovich Derfeldt (1810-1869) , "Was will die einsame Träne"
by Bernard van Dieren (1887-1936) , "Was will die einsame Träne", 1930, published 1930.
by Aleksandr Ivanovich Dyubyuk (1812-1897) , "Was will die einsame Träne"
by O. Esfonde , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 2 (Lieder) no. 2.
by Alexander Fesca (1820-1849) , "Die einsame Träne", op. 32 (Lieder) no. 3.
by Friedrich Fetzer , "Die Träne", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1.
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 34 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1861?)
by Fr. Gartner , "Die einsame Träne", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 2 no. 4.
by Christian Friedrich Grimmer (1798-1850) , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder von H. Heine) no. 1.
by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818-1896) , "Die einsame Träne", op. 91, Heft 1 no. 2.
by Aleksandr Lvovich Gurilyov (1803-1858) , "Was will die einsame Träne"
by Stephen (István) Heller (1813-1888) , "Was will die einsame Träne", 1830-8?, published <<1835, from Sieben deutsche Lieder, no. 6.
by Robert Hermann (1869-1912) , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 5.
by M. Hermann-Ehren , "Die einsame Träne" [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano]
by Béla Hiloczky , "Was will die einsame Träne", from Zwei Lieder, no. 1.
by Caspar René Hirschfeld (1965-) , "Die einsame Träne", op. 52 (10 heimliche Liebeslieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 9.
by Voiczek Ivanovich Hlavác (1849-1911) , "Was will die einsame Träne"
by O. Jaritz , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 6 (Lieder) no. 2.
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836-1909) , "Die einsame Träne", op. 7 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1855-1864.
by Genady Osipovich Korganov (1858-1890) , "Was will die einsame Träne"
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803-1890) , "Die einsame Träne", op. 33, Heft 3 no. 2, from Sängerfahrt : sechzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 13.
by Eduard Lassen (1830-1904) , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 94 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1895.
by Martin Lesser , "Was will die einsame Träne", from Zwei Lieder, no. 1.
by A. von jun. Lindheim , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 5.
by Heinrich Lorscheidt , "Die einsame Träne"
by L. Lüdecke , "Was will die einsame Träne" [two voices and piano]
by Carl Lührss (1824-1882) , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 11 (Lieder) no. 5.
by George Alexander MacFarren (1813-1887) , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 51 (Drei Lieder aus H. Heines Reisebildern) no. 3, published 1845.
by Ladislao (László) de Makray , "Die einsame Träne"
by Leonid Dimitrievitch Malashkin (1842-1902) , "Was will die einsame Träne"
by (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) , "Was will die einsame Träne", <<1837.
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Was will die einsame Träne", 1827.
by Ch. Merten , "Die einsame Träne", op. 10 (Vier Lieder) no. 1.
by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841-1890) , "Die Träne", op. 43 (Vier Lieder von Heine) no. 4.
by Sigismund von Neukomm (1778-1858) , "Die einsame Thräne : die Worte von Heine : strophen Lied", 1853.
by R. Nietzsche , "Die einsame Träne", from Drei Lieder, no. 1.
by Alfred Reisenauer (1863-1907) , "Was will die einsame Träne", from Traurige Lieder, no. 5.
by Friedrich August Reissiger (1809-1883) , "Lied von H. Heine", op. 96 no. 8, published 1850?
by Scott Root , "Was will die einsame Träne", c1999, from Herzen-Tränen : three art songs on texts by Heinrich Heine, no. 3.
by Hermann Schellenberg , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1.
by G. Scheller , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 1 (Zwölf Lieder), Heft 2 no. 12. [soprano and piano]
by Peter Petrovich Schenk , "Was will die einsame Träne"
by Adolf Schimon (1820-1887) , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 28 (Lieder), Heft 2 no. 8.
by J. C. Schmidt , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 3 (Lieder) no. 1.
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 25 no. 21 (1840), published 1840, from Myrten, no. 21.
by Ferdinand Sieber (1822-1895) , "Die Träne", op. 14 (Lieder) no. 4. [high voice and piano]
by Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky (1830-1892) , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 6 (Drei Gedichte von H. Heine) no. 3. [bass and piano]
by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859-1922) , "Was will die einsame Träne"
by Julius Stern (1820-1883) , "Die Träne", op. 17 (Vier Lieder) no. 3.
by Sigismund Thalberg (1812-1871) , "Die Träne", op. 11 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 5, published 1833.
by Feofil Matveyevich Tolstoy (1809-1881) , "Was will die einsame Träne"
by Th. Trendelenburg , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder von H. Heine) no. 6, published 1835.
by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858-1929) , "Einsame Träne", op. 17 (Acht Lieder) no. 2, published 1892.
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803-1883) , "Was will die einsame Träne", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 27.
by Otto Wangemann (1848-1914) , "Die Träne", op. 30 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5.
by Johannes Wendel , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 5 (Vier Lieder) no. 2.
by Heinrich Rudolph Willmers (1821-1878) , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 31 (Zehn Liebeslieder), Heft 1 no. 1.
by A. Woeltge , "Was will die einsame Träne", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5. [soprano and piano]
by Carl Zerrahn (1826-1910) , "Die einsame Träne", published 1861, from Four songs, no. 1, note: also set in English

by André Messager (1853-1929) , no title, published 1885?, from Nouveau Printemps, no. 1.

by Homer Newton Bartlett (1845-1920) , "What means this tear so lonely", op. 134 (Three songs) no. 1.

by Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) , "Larme solitaire", published 1909/14, from Douze mélodies, no. 4, note: also set in German

by Josef Roch , "Mért eg e maganyos könycsepp", published 1877. [tenor and piano]

by Carl Zerrahn (1826-1910) , "The solitary tear", published 1861, from Four songs, no. 1, note: also set in German

Date added to the website: 2008-02-23.

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