Johannes Brahms
Meerfahrt (1886)
text by Heinrich Heine, Poem 42 of Lyrisches Intermezzo (Buch der Lieder

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  42 Meerfahrt [Sea journey], no. 4 of Vier Lieder, op. 96, published 1886.      Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was the successor to Schubert and Schumann as master of the    German lied. He is known to have written many Heine settings in his youth, but typically he    destroyed all but six of them.    Sung in German; English translation by James Thomson, The poetical works (London, 1895).      Other settings of this poem: 60  Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen,  My darling, we sat together,  Traulich im leichten Kahn.  We two in our frail boat; Die Nacht war still, und wir schwammen  The night was calm o’er the wide sea Auf weiter Wasserbahn.  Whereon we were afloat.    Die Geisterinsel, die schöne,  The Spectre-Island, the lovely, Lag dämmrig im Mondenglanz;  Lay dim in the moon’s mild glance; Dort klangen liebe Töne,  There sounded sweetest music, Und wogte der Nebeltanz.  There waved the shadowy dance.    Dort klang es lieb und lieber  It sounded sweet and sweeter,  Und wogt' es hin und her;  It waved there to and fro;  Wir aber schwammen vorüber,  But we slid past forlornly Trostlos auf weitem Meer.  Upon the great sea-flow.  

Meerfahrt (1886)

Johannes Brahms Meerfahrt (1886) text by Heinrich Heine, Poem 42 of Lyrisches Intermezzo (Buch der Lieder

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