Adieu! (Weyrauch, August Heinrich von)

Authorship Note
Erroneously attributed to Franz Schubert or François Schubert, with the title "Adieu!".
See publication history below.


Sheet Music

Scores

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Dorpat (Tartu): Akademische Buchhandlung, n.d.[1824]. Plate 30.
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Misc. Notes from 12 Deutsche Lieder ... 4te Sammlung
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Language German
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Challier & Co., n.d. Plate C. e G. 639.
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Misc. Notes Includes an account by Weyrauch regarding the misattribution to Schubert.
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Language French
Translator Bélanger
Publisher. Info. Paris: Richault, n.d. Plate R. 3310 (? illegible).
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Misc. Notes Misattributed to Schubert. Text incipit: Voici, l'instant supreme
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Language French, German
Translator Émile Deschamps, French text.
Unattributed, German text
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Bote & Bock, n.d. Plate B. & B. 2425.
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Misc. Notes French text incipit: Adieu! des voix étranges. German text incipit: Die Augenlider sinken.
Music misattributed to Schubert.
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Language Italian
Translator Unidentified
Publisher. Info. London: D'Almaine & Co., n.d. Plate 8756.
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Misc. Notes "L'Addio, Melodia Musica, di F. Schubert."
Copy includes Belanger's French text handwritten above the Italian.
Text incipit: Ecco il suprem istante.
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Editor Max Friedlaender (1852–1934)
Language French
Translator Bélanger
Publisher. Info. Schubert-Album, Band 6
Leipzig: Edition Peters, No.793, n.d.(ca.1905-10). Plate 8774.
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Misc. Notes The editor notes (in this volume of Schubert songs) that the song is misattributed.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Cello and Piano (Vogel and Guérout)
For 7-String Guitar (Rusanov)
Arranger Valerian Rusanov (1866–1918)
Editor Aleksey Afromeev (1868–1920)
Publisher. Info. Tyumen: A. M. Afromeev, 1907. Plate A. 65 P.
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Misc. Notes excerpt from the magazine "Guitarist Music" 1907 No.9-10
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For Guitar (Biagi)
Arranger Manlio Biagi (1896–1942)
Publisher. Info. Milan: A. Monzino & Garlandini, n.d. Plate 78.
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For Guitar (Tárrega)
Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909)
Publisher. Info. Madrid: Ildefonso Alier, n.d.[1924]. Plate 5516.
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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909)
Editor Stefan Apke
Publisher. Info. Vlotho: Stefan Apke, 2016
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For Piano (Döhler)
See: Adieu!, Op.45 No.3, by Theodor Döhler
For Piano (Heller)
See: 30 Lieder von Franz Schubert übertragen by Stephen Heller
For Piano (Liszt)
See: 6 Melodien von Franz Schubert, S.563, by Franz Liszt
For Piano (Spindler)
See: Lieder von Franz Schubert, Op.183, by Fritz Spindler
For Piano (Thomé)
See: Transcriptions pour piano de 40 mélodies de F. Schubert by Francis Thomé
For Piano (Trojelli)
See: Choix de mélodies de Schubert by Angelino Trojelli

Other

Copyist Vicente López (1772–1850)
Publisher. Info. Portrait of the Young Luisa Fernanda de Borbón (1832-1897)
Oil on canvas, 1842.
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General Information

Work Title Nach Osten!
Alternative. Title Adieu! ; Lebe wohl ; L'Addio
Composer Weyrauch, August Heinrich von
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IAW 1
Key E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 verses (Nach Osten)
2 verses (Adieu / Lebe wohl / L'Addio)
Text Incipit Nach Osten geht, nach Osten, Der Erde stiller Flug (Wetzel)
Voici, l'instant supreme (Belanger)
Adieu! des voix étranges
Schon naht, um uns zu scheiden
Die Augenlider sinken
E' giunta de l'addio l'ora
Ecco il suprem istante
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1823
Librettist Nach Osten: Karl Friedrich Gottlob Wetzel (1779–1819), German text
Voici, l'instant supreme: Mr Bélanger, French text
Adieu! des voix étranges: Émile Deschamps, French text
Die Augenlider sinken: Anonymous German text
E' giunta de l'addio l'ora: Achille de Lauzières, Italian text
Ecco il suprem istante: Anonymous Italian text
Language German ; French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice, piano
Extra Information Mistakenly attributed to Franz Schubert, made more confusing by Richault's translation of the Austrian composer's first name, so also confused with François Schubert.