Barbra Streisand

Released: November 2, 1973

Songwriter: Franz Schubert

Producer: Martin Erlichman

Über den Wipfeln des westlichen Haines
Winket uns freundlich der rötliche Schein
Unter den Zweigen des östlichen Haines
Säuselt der Kalmus im rötlichen Schein
Unter den Zweigen des östlichen Haines
Säuselt der Kalmus im rötlichen Schein

Ach! They just don't write tunes like that anymore: "Auf Dem Wasser zu Singen". It is really one of my favorites and I'm sure it's one of yours! In fact it it so much fun to sing... Why don't you join in with me for the last chorus and.. er... you know, sing along with Schubert?

Bis ich auf höherem strahlendem Flügel
Selber entschwinde der wechselnden Zeit
Sel... wonderful, wonderful...
Selber entschwinde der wechselnden Zeit ...

Barbra Streisand is an Oscar-winning, Tony-winning, Emmy-winning, Golden Globe-winning Broadway legend, film star, movie director and one of the biggest-selling recording artists of all time - a staggering amount of accomplishments for someone whose mother insisted she not to go into show business.

By the time she was sixteen, she’d graduated high school and was living on her own in Manhattan. After winning a talent contest at a gay bar on West 9th Street, Streisand’s ‘spellbinding’ voice quickly became popular at New York clubs and in Broadway shows. After appearances on a number of popular television shows including The Tonight Show, Streisand signed with Columbia Records and released several top 10 albums in the 1960s, scoring two US top 40 hits with “People” and “Second Hand Rose”.

Her success as a recording artist continued through the 1970s with several more gold/platinum-certified albums and four US “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”, “No More Tears”, the Oscar-winning “The Way We Were”, and the Academy Award-winning “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)”. The 1980s would begin with Streisand’s biggest-selling release of her career Guilty, a collaborative effort with BeeGees member Barry Gibb. It topped the albums chart in several countries and as did its lead single “Woman In Love”.

more tracks from the album

Barbra Streisand … and Other Musical Instruments

From the albums

Barbra Streisand … and Other Musical Instruments (1973)
Classical Barbra (1976)

Barbra Streisand popular songs

Lied: Auf dem Wasser zu singenBarbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand … and Other Musical Instruments