Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne

Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne,
Die Lämmerheerde läutet von fern:
Mein Liebchen, mein Lamm, meine Sonne und Wonne,
Noch einmal säh' ich dich gar zu gern!

Ich schaue hinauf mit spähender Miene,
"Leb' wohl, mein Kind, ich wandre von hier!"
Vergebens! es regt sich keine Gardine;
Sie liegt noch und schläft und träumt von mir.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 83

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

by Don Forsythe (1932-) , "Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne", published c2004-5 [low voice and piano], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Sommerzyklus, no. 9.
by Gerald M. Ginsburg (1932-) , "Pastoral", 2001, published c2003.
by Gustav Hasse (1834-1889) , "Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne", op. 13 (Vier Gesänge) no. 3, published 1874.
by Paul Kuczynski (1846-1897) , "Über die Berge", published 18-?, from Vierzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 14.
by (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) , "Morgengruß", op. 47 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2.
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Über die berge", 1828, from Lieder ohne Namen (1820-1844), no. 2
by Herbert Frederick Birch Reynardson , "Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne", published 1892, from Sieben Lieder, no. 1, note: also set in English
by Hatto Ständer (1929-2000) , "Über die Berge", published c2006 [high soprano and piano], from Neun Lieder (1946-1954), no. 8.
by George Sturm , "Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne", published 1956 [soprano and flute], from Heine Lieder, no. 3.
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803-1883) , "Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 83.
by Julius Weismann (1879-1950) , "Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne", 1921 [voice and piano], from 9 Lieder, no. 9.

by Edoardo Aromatari , "Già il sol dal monte : dal canzoniere di Enrico Heine", op. 8, published 1883.

by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871-1937) , "Love's matins", op. 4 (Eight songs) no. 5, published 1894. [low voice and piano]

by Herbert Frederick Birch Reynardson , "Over the hills the gold sun is rising", published 1892, from Sieben Lieder, no. 1, note: also set in German

ENG English (Marty Lucas)
ENG English (Emma Lazarus)
FRE French (Pierre Mathé)

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Lo, on the mountains the sunbeams' first...

Lo, on the mountains the sunbeams' first kiss!
   The bells of the herd ring afar on the plain,
My darling, my lambkin, my sun and my bliss,
   Oh, fain would I see thee and greet thee again!

I gaze on thy windows with curious eyes.
   Farewell, dearest child, I must vanish for thee,
In vain! for the curtain moves not -- there she lies,
   There slumbers she still -- and dreams about me?

by Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) , from Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, published 1881

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 83 FRE

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

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Date added to the website: 2008-05-03.