Night lies on the silent highways (Kroeker, set by Frank Bridge, Arnold Trowell, Healey Willan) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen

Language: German (Deutsch)


Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen,
Krankes Herz und müde Glieder; -
Ach, da fließt, wie stiller Segen,
Süßer Mond, dein Licht hernieder;

Süßer Mond, mit deinen Strahlen
Scheuchest du das nächt'ge Grauen;
Es zerrinnen meine Qualen,
Und die Augen übertauen.

Translation(s): DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRI

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Note: first included in Rheinische Flora, no. 12

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Authorship

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 86, first published 1826/7 [ author's text not yet checked 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 William Arthur Aikin (1857 - 1939), "Nachtlied", published 1880, also set in English [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Armand Angyal , "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 41 (Vier Gesänge) no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Heinrich Bauer , "Tröstung", published 1897. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 20 (Zehn Lieder), Heft 1 no. 2 (1857). [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Jürg Baur (b. 1918), "Mondenschein", first performed 2006. [mezzo-soprano and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Alfred Julius Becher (1803 - 1848), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 1 (Acht Gedichte) no. 3, published 1834 [voice and piano], Elberfeld, Betzhold [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Eduard Behm (1862 - 1946), "Nachts", op. 10 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1896 [voice and piano], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Fritz Binder , "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Mondenschein", op. 85 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 (1878), published 1882. [high voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen" [voice, clarinet, oboe], from In mein gar zu dunkles Leben (Au sein de ma sombre vie: cinq lieder de Henri Heine), no. 4. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Wilhelm Claussen (1843 - 1869), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder von H. Heine, für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1874 [alto and piano], Leipzig, Siegel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Hermann Drechsler (1861 - 1935), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 16 (Drei Lieder) no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Christian Friedrich Ehrlich (1807 - 1887), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 132 (6 Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier) no. 3 (1947). [medium voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Gerald M. Ginsburg (b. 1932), "Süßer Mond", 2001, published c2003, from Aus Schmerzen zu Lieder, no. 13. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", A. 5 (c1905-9), published 1909 [low voice and piano], from Five German Poems, no. 3, also set in English [ sung text checked 1 time]
by J. von Harder , "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 14, published 1874 [baritone or alto and piano], Offenbach, André [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Ludwig Hartmann (1836 - 1910), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 2 (Lieder) no. 4. [low voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Édouard de Hartog (1829 - 1909), "Mondnacht", from Sieben Lieder, no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Lennart Hedwall (b. 1932), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen" [mezzo-soprano and clarinet], from Heine-Svit : Fem sånger, no. 5. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Robert Hermann (1869 - 1912), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 1 (Zwölf kleine Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 12, published 1893 [medium voice and piano], Offenbach, André [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Nacht liegt auf fremden Wegen", 1857. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Julius Hermann Krigar (1819 - 1880), "Nachtlied", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 1 no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Ernst Kullak (1855 - 1914), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 15 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "An den Mond", op. 33, Heft 1 no. 2, from Sängerfahrt : sechzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Max Mayer (1859 - 1931), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 14 (Fünfzehn Lieder) no. 11. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", from Lieder und Gesänge, no. 53. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Nacht", 1828, unpublished [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Léonard Pieter Joseph Michielsen (1872 - 1944), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", published 19-?, from Drei Lieder, no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by John H. Powell (1882 - 1963), "Mondfriede", op. 18 (Two songs) no. 1, published 1924. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Väinö Raitio (1891 - 1945), "Nachtliedchen", 1912, unpublished [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl (1823 - 1897), "Mondnacht", published 1877, from 35 neue Lieder für das Haus, no. 9. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Otto Schmidt , "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 20 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1884 [medium voice and piano], Berlin, Schlesinger [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by H. R. Schröder , "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", from Fünf Lieder von H. Heine, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Nacht liegt", op. 1 no. 91 (1947). [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Josef Sucher (1843 - 1908), "Nachts", from Leid und Liebe : Liederzyklus, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Heinrich Triest (1808 - 1885), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 1 (Lieder) no. 4. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Mondnacht", op. 44, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 86. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Mikhail Yur'yevich Viel'gorsky (1788 - 1856), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", published 1852 [duet for 2 sopranos with piano], from Sechs Lieder von Heine, no. 5. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Bouke Visser , "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", published 1930 [high voice and piano], from Lieder auf Gedichte von Heinrich Heine, no. 3, also set in Frisian [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", 1904, published 1909?, from 5 Lieder v. Heinr. Heine, no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Hugo Weisgall (b. 1912), "Süsser Mond", 1929, published 1933. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by (James) Healey Willan (1880 - 1968), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", published 1908 [voice and piano], from Three Songs, no. 2, also set in English [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist DUT FRE FRI by William Arthur Aikin.
Also set in English, a translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) , "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 122, first published 1887 DUT FRE FRI by Frank Bridge, Arnold Trowell, Healey Willan.
Also set in English, a translation by Henry Grafton Chapman (1860 - 1913) DUT FRE FRI by Charles Tomlinson Griffes.
Also set in Frisian, a translation by B. Smilde DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE ENG ENG by Bouke Visser.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Night lies on the unfamiliar roads", copyright ©
ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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