Sonnenuntergang

Wo bist du? trunken dämmert die Seele mir
[Von all deiner]1 Wonne; denn eben ist's,
Daß ich gelauscht, wie goldner Töne
Voll der entzückende Sonnenjüngling

Sein Abendlied auf himmlischer Leier spielt';
Es tönten rings die Wälder und Hügel nach.
Doch fern ist er zu frommen Völkern,
Die ihn noch ehren, hinweggegangen.

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) , "Sonnenuntergang", from Gedichte 1784-1800

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

by Peter Cornelius (1824-1874) , "Sonnenuntergang", 1862.
by Josef Matthias Hauer (1883-1959) , "Sonnenuntergang", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 (1914).
by Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) , "Sonnenuntergang", 1935.
by Robert Kahn (1865-1951) , "Sonnenuntergang", 1915. [voice and piano]
by Paul von Klenau (1883-1946) , "Dem Sonnengott", 1942.
by Hermann Reutter (1900-1985) , "Sonnenuntergang", op. 67 (Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Hölderlin) no. 1 (1947).
by Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944) , "Wo bist du?", alternate title: "Sonnenuntergang", 1943, from Gesänge nach Gedichten von Friedrich Hölderlin, no. 1.

ENG English (John H. Campbell)
FRE French (Guy Laffaille)

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