"Ein Picknick am Themsenstrande"

Name of traveller

Adolf Heine

Reason for travel

• holidaying; leisurely travel

Date of travel

undated, ca. 1880s to early 1890s

An die Mauer [von Caernarfon Castle] gelehnt, sah ich zu den Sternen auf, die mir durch die hohen Fensterwölbungen freundlich entgegenfunkelten; aus einem Hause gegenüber schallte Harfenspiel und Gesang durch die Stille der Nacht: es war wieder das "Ar hyd y Nos", die lieblich klagende Weise, die sich meinem Herzen seither so tief eingeprägt hat. (Heine 3)

Content

• customs:
  • remembers listening to "Ar hyd y nos" being played on the harp one night in Caernarfon
  • describes melancholy of Welsh bardic poetry and folk music
• literature: near identical with a description by Julius Rodenberg (1831-1914) of hearing "Ar hyd y nos" played on a harp near Caernarfon Castle at night
• compare with other accounts of his excursions in Wales
• click here to read the full account

Nationality of traveller

Austrian

Language of publication

German

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

essay

Citation

Heine, Adolf. "Ein Picknick am Themsenstrande." Prager Tagblatt (17 June 1894): 2-5. Print.