Sterbeglocken

Nun legen sich die Wogen,
Und die Gewitter schwül
Sind all hinabgezogen,
Mir wird das Herz so kühl. 

Die Täler alle dunkeln,
Ist denn das Morgenzeit? 
Wie schön die Gipfel funkeln
Und Glocken hör' ich weit. 

So hell noch niemals klangen
Sie übern Waldessaum -
Wo war ich denn so lange? 
Das war ein schwerer Traum.

Submitted by Thomas Zoller

Authorship

• by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Sterbeglocken", appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte [ 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 Egon Kornauth (1891 - 1959), "Sterbeglocken", op. 36 (Acht Lieder nach Eichendorff) no. 6 (1932). [low voice and piano] [
   text not verified 
  ]
• by Wilhelm Petersen (1890 - 1957), "Sterbeglocken", op. 44 no. 8, published 1956. [
   text not verified 
  ]
• by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Sterbeglocken", op. 30 no. 5 (1918) [voice and piano], from Zwölf Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 5. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

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