Once o'er my dark and troubled life

Once o'er my dark and troubled life
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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. 1, published 1823-4 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) , "Once o'er my dark and troubled life", 1834, published 1995, from Three poems by Heinrich Heine in the translations of Mary Alexander, no. 1.

by Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd (1852-1920) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4, published 1887.
by Reiner Bredemeyer (1929-1995) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", published 1989 [baritone and piano], from Winter : sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 2.
by Anna Buttler, Gräfin Stubenberg (1821-1912) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", op. 63.
by Robert Caby (1905-1992) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben" [voice, clarinet, and oboe], from In mein gar zu dunkles Leben (Au sein de ma sombre vie: cinq lieder de Henri Heine), no. 1.
by Ludwig Ebert (1834-1908) , "Ja, mein gar zu dunkles Leben", op. 14 (Drei Lieder von H. Heine) no. 3 [high voice and piano], unpublished
by Gustav Hasse (1834-1889) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", op. 18 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1.
by Stephen (István) Heller (1813-1888) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", 1830-5, published <<1835, rev. 1975, from Sieben deutsche Lieder, no. 5.
by Georg(e) Joseph Japha (1835-1892) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben" [soprano or tenor and piano], from Sechs Lieder, no. 3.
by Friedrich von Kerstorf , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", from Zwölf Lieder, no. 9.
by Hermann Kestner (1810-1890) , "Lied"
by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927-) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", 1994-5, published c1998 [tenor and piano], from Ein Liederbuch nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Abteilung IV
by Tilo Medek (1940-) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", 1968, from Heinrich-Heine-Lieder (1968/89) : zwölf Lieder
by Marlos Nobre (1939-) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", op. 90 (Kleine Gedichte) no. 1, published 2000?, first performed 2000. [baritone and piano]
by Alexander Rapoport , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", 1988, from Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine, no. 1.
by Ludwig Rottenberg (1864-1932) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", published 1914, from Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 4.
by Hermine Rudersdorff (1822-1882) , "Das Vergangene" [voice and piano or guitar]
by Johannes Schild (1960-) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", 1989, from Drei Gesänge nach Texten von Heinrich Heine, no. 1.
by Oliver P. H. Smith , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", from Lieder, no. 5
by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859-1922) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben"
by Rudi Spring (1962-) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", op. 17 (Ich weiß nicht was soll es bedeuten: 7 Lieder) no. 1. [tenor and piano]
by Korstiaan Stougie (1908-1988) , "Die Heimkehr", op. 1 no. 103 (1948), published 1972, from Elf Heine-liederen, no. 1.
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803-1883) , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 1.
by Jan Zuidweg , "In mein gar zu dunkles Leben", published 1927, from Drei Lieder, no. 2.

by Yolanda Merö , "In my life", published c1927, from Two poems by Heine

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