Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein

Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein,
da sitz' ich mit meinen Träumen.
Es pfeift der Wind, die Möwen schrein,
die Wellen, die wandern und schäumen.

Ich habe geliebt manch schönes Kind
und manchen guten Gesellen -
Wo sind [sie]1 hin? Es pfeift der Wind,
es schäumen und wandern die Wellen.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Seraphine, no. 14

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

by Conrad Johan Bartholdy (1853-1904) , "Es ragt ins Meer", op. 10 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, also set in Danish
by Konstantin Julius Becker (1811-1859) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder von H. Heine) no. 1.
by Johann Bohus , "Wo sind sie hin?", op. 70.
by János Bókay (1858-) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", published 1925, from Heine-dalok, no. 10.
by Nicolae Bretan (1887-1968) , "Es ragt ins Meer", published 198-? [medium voice and piano], from Lieder zu Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Nikolaus Lenau, Rainer Maria Rilke, no. ?, also set in English, also set in Romanian
by Carl Debrois van Bruyck (1828-1902) , "Am Runenstein", op. 3 (Lieder und Gesänge), Heft 1 no. 3.
by Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835-1913) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", from Musikalische Bilder, Heft I, no. 2
by Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835-1913) , "Es ragt ins Meer", op. 2, Heft 2 (Cypressen) no. 2.
by Richard Farber (1945-) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", 2006, published 2006 [tenor and piano], from Seraphine, no. 14.
by Don Forsythe (1932-) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", 2007 [high voice and piano], from Verschiedene : vol. 1, Seraphine-Hortense, no. 14.
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 39 (Sechs Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 2 (1867?)
by R. Grelling , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 4 (Lieder) no. 3.
by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) , "Wo sind sie hin?", op. 4 (Seks Digte af H. Heine, L. Uhland og A. von Chamisso) no. 6 (1863-4).
by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818-1896) , "Der Runenstein", op. 3 (Drei Lieder) no. 2. [bass and piano]
by L. Gundlach, jun. , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 14.
by Georg Hartmann (1863-1936) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", from Lieder, no. 5
by Friedrich Hinrichs (1820-1892) , "Am Meere", op. 5 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 2.
by Oswald Horlacher , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5.
by Robert von Hornstein (1833-1890) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", from Letzte Lieder, no. 2.
by Ludvig Irgens Jensen (1894-1969) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 3 (Gedichte von Heine) no. 3, published 19-?
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836-1909) , "Wo sind sie hin?", op. 5 (8 Gesänge für 4 Männerstimme) no. 4, published 1865 [men's chorus], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg
by Johanna Kinkel, née Mockel (1810-1858) , "Der Runenstein", published 1838.
by Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855-1913) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder) no. 7.
by Conrad Kühner (1851-1909) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 18 (Lieder) no. 1.
by Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850-1926) , "Am Strande", op. 64 (17 Viser og Sange = Lieder) no. 15, also set in Danish
by Hermann Lorenzen (1892-?) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 6.
by Ernst Löwenberg (1896-) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", from Acht Lieder von Heine, no. 7.
by Friedrich August Naubert (1839-1897) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 22 (Lieder) no. 3.
by Emil Naumann (1827-1888) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 27 no. 6, from Strandlieder : Liederzyklus, no. 6.
by Béla Nemes Hegyi , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", from Acht Lieder, no. 6.
by Th. Niemann , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 3 (Lieder) no. 2.
by Joseph Pache , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", published 1889 [low voice and piano], from Drei Lieder, no. 1, Berlin, Plothow
by Julius Posse , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", from Lieder, no. 1; may be a duplicate of the Postl setting (if so, the real composer name is unclear)
by Julius Postl , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", from Lieder, no. 1; may be a duplicate of the Posse setting (if so, the real composer name is unclear)
by Bruno Ramann (1832-1897) , "Am Runenstein", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge) no. 2.
by Heinrich Reinhardt (1865-1922) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 90 (Vier Lieder) no. 1.
by August Schultz , "Am Meere"
by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1873-1928) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 12 (Vermischte Lieder) no. 3, published 1900.
by Heinrich Spangenberg (1861-?) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 6 (Lieder) no. 2.
by Wilhelm Stehle , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein", op. 2 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1.
by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774-1850) , "Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein" [voice and guitar]
by Nándor Zsolt (1887-1936) , "Lied", unpublished

by Rostislav Grigor'yevich Boyko (1931-) , "Nad penoju morja, razdum'jem ob"jat", op. 73 no. 2.

by Nicolae Bretan (1887-1968) , "The ancient stone bites into the sea", published 198-? [medium voice and piano], from Lieder zu Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Nikolaus Lenau, Rainer Maria Rilke, no. ?, also set in German, also set in Romanian

by Nicolae Bretan (1887-1968) , "Pe malul marii", published 198-? [medium voice and piano], from Lieder zu Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Nikolaus Lenau, Rainer Maria Rilke, no. ?, also set in German, also set in English

by Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850-1926) , unknown title, op. 64 (17 Viser og Sange = Lieder) no. 15, also set in German

by Franz Poenitz (1850-1913) , "Upon the rockshore bare and black", op. 49. [voice and harp]

by Gennadii Trofimovich Stavonin (1936-) , "Razdum'e", published c1979, from Razdum'e : vokal'nyj cikl na stikhi G. Gejne, no. 1.

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