Am Flusse

Verfließet, vielgeliebte Lieder,
Zum Meere der Vergessenheit!
Kein Knabe sing' entzückt euch wieder,
Kein Mädchen in der Blütenzeit.

Ihr sanget nur von meiner Lieben;
Nun spricht sie meiner Treue Hohn.
Ihr wart ins Wasser eingeschrieben;
So fließt denn auch mit ihm davon.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Am Flusse", 1768-9

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

by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791-1874) , "Am Flusse", published c1830, from Sechs Lieder von Goethe, no. 4.
by Moritz Hauptmann (1792-1868) , "Am Flusse", op. 22 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 6, published 1834.
by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823-1903) , "Am Flusse", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1887. [voice and piano]
by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855-1933) , "Am Flusse", 1904. [voice, lute, and piano]
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Am Flusse", published 1809.
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Am Flusse", D. 160 (1815), published 1894.
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Am Flusse", D. 766 (1822), published 1872.
by Walter Schulthess (1894-1971) , "Am Flusse"
by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774-1850) , "Am Flusse", op. 55 no. 3 (1815?)

ENG English (Emily Ezust)
ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring)
FRE French (Pierre Mathé)
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)
DUT Dutch [singable] (Lau Kanen)

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By the river

Flow on, ye lays so loved, so fair,
On to Oblivion's ocean flow!
May no rapt boy recall you e'er,
No maiden in her beauty's glow!
My love alone was then your theme,
But now she scorns my passion true.
Ye were but written in the stream;
As it flows on, then, flow ye too!

by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) , "By the river", published 1853

a text in German by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Am Flusse", 1768-9 DUT ITA FRE

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

[ None yet in the database ]

Date added to the website: 2008-04-16.