Hark! the vesper hymn / Horch, die Wellen (Dmitri Bortniansky)
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English version: Hark! the vesper hymn is stealing
- Editor: Nikolaus Hold (submitted 2019-04-16). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 52 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes:
- Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.
German version: Horch, die Wellen tragen bebend
- Editor: Nikolaus Hold (submitted 2019-04-16). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 52 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: From Chorlieder für Gymnasien und Realschulen (Jakob Heinrich Lützel).
- Editor: Nikolaus Hold (submitted 2019-04-16). Score information: A4, 1 page, 41 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: Arr. for TTBB from Lieder vom Sängerbund Lichtenau.
General Information
Title: Hark! the vesper hymn is stealing / Horch, die Wellen tragen bebend
Composer: Dmitri Bortniansky
Lyricists: Thomas Moore, and German translation by Hermann Kurz
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1818 London: J. Power
2nd published: 1861 in Lieder vom Sängerbund Lichtenau, p. 92
3rd published: 1885 in Chorlieder für Gymnasien und Realschulen, no. 19
Description: Poem "Hark! the vesper hymn is stealing" appears in Thomas Moore's National Airs, first published 1818.
External websites:
- Vesper Hymn (Bortniansky, Dmytro) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
- RSIM: Bortnjanskij, Dmitrij Stepanovič - Vesperchor
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Hark! the vesper hymn.