Glückliche Fahrt

Die Nebel zerreißen,
Der Himmel ist helle,
Und Aeolus löset
Das ängstliche Band. 
Es säuseln die Winde,
Es rührt sich der Schiffer. 
Geschwinde! Geschwinde! 
Es teilt sich die Welle,
Es naht sich die Ferne,
Schon seh' ich das Land!

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Glückliche Fahrt", 1795

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

by Victor Bendix (1851-1926) , "Glückliche Fahrt", 1870. [SATB chorus and piano]
by Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) , "Glückliche Fahrt", 1946. [voice and orchestra]
by Johann Friedrich Kelz (1786-1862) , "Glückliche Fahrt", published c1818. [soprano, tenor, and bass]
by Josephine Lang (1815-1880) , "Glückliche Fahrt", op. 5 (Vier deutsche Lieder) no. 3, published 1834, note: first published without an opus number; designated in 1867 as opus 5
by Gabriel Linsén (1838-1914) , "Die Nebel zerreissen", alternate title: "Glückliche Fahrt", 1912. [voice and piano]
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Glückliche Fahrt", op. 15 no. 8 (1905-7) [voice and piano], from 12 Goethe-Lieder, no. 8.
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Glückliche Fahrt", published 1796.
by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774-1850) , "Glückliche Fahrt", op. 61 no. 4 (1815?). [voice and piano]

by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , "Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt", op. 112, published 1815. [cantata for chorus and orchestra] [see full setting text]
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt", op. 31 (Sechs Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen) no. 3 [four-part men's chorus a cappella], Leipzig, Kistner [see full setting text]

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ENG English (Karel Vereycken)
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)
FIN Finnish (Erkki Pullinen)

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