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by Hugo Wolfgang Philipp (1883 - 1969)

O wundervolle Waldesnacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O wundervolle Waldesnacht,
Geheimnißreiches Graun; 
Die Bäume sind in finstrer Pracht
Gespenstig anzuschaun. 
Durch dunkle Zweige strahlt ein Stern  -- 
Wie still ists rings umher! 
Kein Tritt, kein Laut;  --  aus weiter Fern'
Hör' brausen ich das Meer. 

Verstummt ist all der Sängerchor;   
Durch die Gebüsche wallt
Ein leiser Hauch, mir kommt es vor,
Als betete der Wald. 
Mir ist, als sollt' ich regungslos
Als wie ein Baum hier stehn,
Und stumm und still und riesengroß
Gen Erd' und Himmel sehn.  

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Ost- und Westpreußischer Musen-Almanach, ed. by Jacobi, Jacobson & Lehmann, Marienwerder: H. Jacoby's Buchhandlung, 1856, page 276. Note: in this publication, the author is identified only with the initial of his surname, but attributions exist in later publications with his full name.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hugo Wolfgang Philipp (1883 - 1969), "Waldesnacht" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Roland Bocquet (b. 1878), "O wundervolle Waldesnacht", op. 35 (4 Lieder) no. 2 (1913) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "O wundervolle Waldesnacht", op. 113 (Vier Lieder und Gesänge) no. 3 [ voice and piano ], Hainauer, Breslau [sung text not yet checked]

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