Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'

Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang',
Dann fliessen die Tränen zusammen;
Und an mein Herz drück fest dein Herz,
Dann schlagen zusammen die Flammen!

Und wenn in die große Flamme fliesst
Der Strom von unsern Tränen,
Und wenn [dich mein Arm]1 gewaltig umschließt -
Sterb' ich vor Liebessehnen!

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 6

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

by Evgenii Fedorovich Alenev (1864-1902) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'"
by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "Lehn deine Wang'", c1920, unpublished
by Fritz Becker , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 5 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 3.
by Elof Benktander (1894-1975) , "Lehn' deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 9 no. 2 (1918).
by Jacques (Jacob) Blumenthal (1829-1908) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 12 (Drei Lieder von Heine) no. 6. [mezzo-soprano and piano]
by R. de Buddenbrock-Hettersdorf , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 2 (Vier Lieder) no. 1.
by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845-1915) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 33 no. 1, published 1884 [alto and piano], from Umfangend umfangen : drei Lieder, no. 1.
by Gerard Bunk (1888-1958) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 13 (Zehn Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 2.
by August Canthal (1804-1881) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 280 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2.
by George Howard Clutsam (1866-1951) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 1 (Six Songs) no. 2, published 1891.
by G. A. Demidov , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", 1861, also set in Russian
by Carl Heinrich Döring (1834-1916) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 15 (Sechs Dichtungen) no. 6.
by Ernst Hans Fährmann (1860-1940) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 30 (Zwölf), Heft 1 no. 2.
by Paolo Felis , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 2042 no. 4.
by Don Forsythe (1932-) , "Lehn deine Wang an meine Wang", published c2004, from Das Schwanenlied: sieben Lieder, no. 1.
by Nikolai Vladimirovich Galkin (1856-1906) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'"
by Paul Geisler (1856-1919) , "Lehn' deine Wang' an meine Wang'", published 1876, from Gesänge: Zwölf Dichtungen von Heine und Rückert, no. 8.
by Georg Eduard Goltermann (1824-1898) , "Liebessehnen", op. 7 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 4. [baritone and piano]
by Ludwig Grünberger (1839-1896) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 45, published 1887.
by Ludwig Hartmann (1836-1910) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 3.
by Henrik Hennings (1848-1923) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 18 (Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 10, published 1878.
by Johann Herbeck (1831-1877) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", 1851.
by Arthur Hervey (1855-1922) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", published 1884, from Herzens Stimmen, no. 1.
by Caspar René Hirschfeld (1965-) , "Junges Liebeslied", op. 67 (Deutsche Lieder : Buch I für Gesang und Gitarre) no. 6, published c2003. [voice and guitar]
by Adolf Jensen (1837-1879) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1856).
by W. Jordan , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", from Lieder, no. 10.
by Ludwig Keller (1847-1930) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 2 (Vier Lieder) no. 2.
by Genady Osipovich Korganov (1858-1890) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", 1877, also set in Russian
by Theobald Kretschmann (1850-1919) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 16 (Drei Lieder) no. 1.
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803-1890) , "Liebessehnen", op. 33, Heft 2 no. 4, from Sängerfahrt : sechzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 11.
by Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) , "Lehn deine Wang", BVN. 120 (1916), lost
by Adolf, Baron von Lauer , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 6 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 3.
by Henry J. Lautz , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 3 (Heine-Lieder (Heine-Songs)) no. 6, published 1909, also set in English
by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844-1918) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 4 (Drei Lieder) no. 2.
by E. (Emil?) Lindner (1870-) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", from Lieder, no. 2.
by Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865-1930) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'" [voice, piano, and violoncello]
by Ernst Ludwig (1852-1925) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", from Lieder, no. 4.
by Valentin Alekseyevich Makarov (1908-1952?) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'"
by Wilhelm Mayer (1831-1898?) , "Lehn' deine Wang' an meine Wang'" [baritone or alto and piano], from 3 Lieder, no. 2.
by Meissner , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'"
by Carl Montag (1817-1866) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 2 (Drei Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 1.
by Emil Nauwerk , "Liebessehnen", op. 10 (Drei Lieder) no. 2.
by Th. Neustadtl , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", from Lieder, no. 2.
by Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 2 (Sketchbook) no. 6, published 1888.
by Hermann Nürnberg (1831-1894) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2.
by Carl Orff (1895-1982) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 (1911) [tenor and piano], unpublished
by Josef Overath (1872-?) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 24.
by Edna Frida Pietsch (1894-1982) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 6 (Neun Lieder) no. 4 (1930?), published 1980.
by Ernst Pusztay , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'"
by Josef Reiter (1862-1939) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", from Vier Lieder, no. 1.
by August Reiter , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3.
by Ludwig Rochlitzer (1880-1945) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine", op. 41 (1900).
by M. Rothen , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 4.
by A. I. Rubets , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", 1868, also set in Russian
by Wilhelm Rudnick (1850-1927) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 15 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1.
by Gerhard Rühm (1930-) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", 1949, from Fünf Chansons mit einem Vorspiel nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 5.
by Louis Samson , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'"
by Hermann Schäffer , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 2 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1881. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by Apolinary Scheluta (1884-1966) , "Liebessehnen", op. 12 (Buch der Lieder : von Heinrich Heine) no. 9, published 1909?
by Benno Schönberger (1863-1930) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 6 (Six songs) no. 3, published 1890, also set in English
by Peter Schram , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", published c1879 [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano], from 6 Romancer, no. 3.
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Lehn deine Wang'", op. 142 (Vier Gesänge) no. 2 (1840), published 185-?
by Ernst Arthur Seemann (1829-1904) , "Lehn deine Wang!", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4, under the pseudonym Nautilus
by Friedrich Siebmann , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 40 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1.
by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853-1918) , "Lehn' deine Wang'", op. 16 no. 5, published 1886, from An Eine : fünf Lieder, no. 5, also set in Swedish as "Sayg varm din kind" and English as "Oh, press thy cheek"
by Johan August Söderman (1832-1876) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", 1859, from Heidenröslein : Liederzyklus nach Heine, no. 5, also set in Swedish
by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859-1922) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'"
by Nikolay F. Solovyov (1846-1916) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", published 1872, from Lieder
by Richard Sternfeld (1858-1926) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 7 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1895.
by V. Styrcea , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", from Sechs Lieder, no. 4.
by Anton Urspruch (1850-1907) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 6 (Liebeslieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine), Heft 3 no. 1, published 1876.
by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858-1929) , "Lehn' deine Wang", op. 5 (Neun Gesänge) no. 4 (1878), also set in Dutch
by Fürstin J. von Waldburg-Wurzach , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 45.
by Johan Weegenhuise (1910-) , "Lehn' deine Wang", 1940, rev. 1989, from Jugendliederkreis, no. 3.
by Carl Weinwurm (1878-?) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'"
by Friedrich von Wickede (1834-1904) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 2 (Drei Lieder) no. 3.
by H. Willemsen , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 3 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1.
by Alexander Winterberger (1834-1914) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 10 (20 Gesänge) no. 8, published 1862. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by Gotthard Wöhler , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 11 (Eine Dichterliebe : Liedergemälde) no. 6.
by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", subtitle: "Arie des Nettchen", published 1911 [soprano and piano], from Kleider machen Leute : musikalische Komödie, Act II
by Max Zenger (1837-1911) , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2. [soprano and piano]
by F. Zöhrer , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'"

by Emeline M. Grant , "O rest thy cheek against my own", published 1907, from Three songs, no. 1.

by Pavel Grigorevich Chesnokov (1877-1944) , "Shchekoju k shcheke ty mojej prilozhis'", 1902.
by G. A. Demidov , "Shchekoju k shcheke ty mojej prilozhis'", 1861, also set in German
by A. Kiryakov , "Shchekoju k shcheke ty mojej prilozhis'", published 1883?
by Genady Osipovich Korganov (1858-1890) , "Shchekoju k shcheke ty mojej prilozhis'", 1877, also set in German
by Pavel Semyonovich Makarov (1841-1891) , "Shchekoju k shcheke ty mojej prilozhis'", 1872.
by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) , "Shchekoju k shcheke ty mojej prilozhis'", op. 2 (Chetyre romansa) no. 1 (1865), published 1866.
by A. I. Rubets , "Shchekoju k shcheke ty mojej prilozhis'", 1868, also set in German
by A. A. Villamov , "Shchekoju k shcheke ty mojej prilozhis'", 1877.

by Alice Barnett (1886-1975) , "Thy cheek incline", published 1909.

by Emma Bellucci , "Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'", published 1875. [mezzo-soprano and piano]

by Frank Bridge (1879-1941) , "Lean close thy cheek against my cheek", 1905.

by Una K. Hartree , "Lay thine head on my breast, my love", published 1881 [soprano, contralto, and piano], from Three Vocal Duets, no. 2.

by Benjamin Lambord (1879-1915) , "Love's yearning", op. 7 (Two Love Songs from the German) no. 1, published 1908.

by Henry J. Lautz , "Thy cheek incline dear love to mine", op. 3 (Heine-Lieder (Heine-Songs)) no. 6, also set in German

by George W. Marston (1840-1901) , "Lay thy cheek to mine", published c1890 [soprano or tenor and piano], from Lieder-Album = Song Album, Heft I: 14 Lieder, no. 10

by Louis Napoleon Parker (1852-) , "Lay softly, beloved", published 1891, from Twelve Songs (solos) by Heine, no. 4.

by Martin Roeder (1851-1895) , "O lay thy cheek", published 1892.

by Frederic S. Warburg , "Song", published 1903.

by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858-1929) , "Leun dijne wang", op. 5 (Neun Gesänge) no. 4, published 1879, also set in German

by Johan August Söderman (1832-1876) , "O lägg din kind intill min kind", 1859, from Heidenröslein : Liederzyklus nach Heine, no. 5, also set in German

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