Childe Harold

Eine starke, schwarze Barke
segelt trauervoll dahin.
Die vermummten und verstummten
Leichenhüter sitzen drin.

Toter Dichter, stille liegt er,
mit entblößtem Angesicht;
seine blauen Augen schauen
immer noch zum Himmelslicht.

Aus der Tiefe klingts, als riefe
eine kranke Nixenbraut,
und die Wellen, sie zerschellen
an dem Kahn, wie Klagelaut.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , "Childe Harold", from Neue Gedichte, in Romanzen, no. 3

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

by Andre Asriel (1922-) , "Childe Harold", 1940-71.
by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "Childe Harold", 1919, unpublished
by Erwin Bodky (1897-1958) , "Childe Harold", 1909.
by Pierre de Bréville (1861-1949) , "Childe Harold", 1899, published c1913. [voice and piano]
by Gerrit Jan van Eijken (1832-1879) , "Childe Harold", op. 9 (Drei Balladen von Heine) no. 1.
by Don Forsythe (1932-) , "Childe Harold", 2008, published c2008 [high voice and piano], from Romanzen, no. 3.
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Childe Harold", op. 38 (Sechs Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 3 (1867?)
by Paul Geisler (1856-1919) , "Childe Harold", published 1876, from Gesänge: Zwölf Dichtungen von Heine und Rückert, no. 12.
by P. G. Kulikowskii , "Lied", op. 21.
by Eduard Lassen (1830-1904) , "Childe Harold", published 1871, from Lieder, Heft 5, no. 4
by Friedrich August Naubert (1839-1897) , "Childe Harold", op. 22 (Lieder) no. 4.
by Leopold Rosenfeld (1850-1909) , "Childe Harold", op. 8 (Sieben Lieder) no. 7.
by Erich-Walter Sternberg (1891-1974) , "Der brave Soldat", 1928 or 1930, published 1973 [baritone and chamber orchestra], from Halochem ha'amitz = Der brave Soldat = The brave soldier, no. 5.
by M. Weyermann , "Childe Harold", op. 19 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6.
by Alexander Winterberger (1834-1914) , "Childe Harold", op. 11 (Zehn Gesänge) no. 2. [voice and piano]
by Gotthard Wöhler , "Childe Harold", op. 11 (Eine Dichterliebe : Liedergemälde) no. 12.

by Robert Caby (1905-1992) , "Childe Harold", published 1993 [mezzo-soprano, ondes Martenot, and piano], from Le Monde romantique, no. 23

by Ernest Whyte (1858-1922) , "Childe Harold", op. 30 (Songs) no. 1.

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Childe Harold

Lo, a large black-shrouded barge
   Sadly moves with sails outspread,
And mute creatures' muffled features
   Hold grim watch above the dead.

Calm below it lies the poet
   With his fair face bare and white,
Still with yearning ever turning
   Azure eyes toward's heaven's light.

As he saileth sadly waileth
   Some bereaven undine-bride.
O'er the springing waves outringing,
   Hark! a dirge floats far and wide.

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

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , "Childe Harold", from Neue Gedichte, in Romanzen, no. 3

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

by Ernest Whyte (1858-1922) , "Childe Harold", op. 30 (Songs) no. 1.

Date added to the website: 2008-05-08.