Die stille Stadt
Language: German (Deutsch)
Liegt eine Stadt im Tale,
Ein blasser Tag vergeht.
Es wird nicht [lange dauern mehr]1,
Bis weder Mond noch Sterne
[Nur Nacht]2 am Himmel steht.
Von allen Bergen drücken
Nebel auf die Stadt,
Es dringt kein Dach, [nicht]3 Hof noch Haus,
Kein Laut aus ihrem Rauch heraus,
Kaum Türme noch und Brücken.
[Doch]4 als dem Wandrer graute,
Da ging ein Lichtlein auf im Grund
Und [durch den]5 [Rauch und Nebel]6
Begann ein [leiser]7 Lobgesang
Aus Kindermund.
Translation(s): ENG FIN FIN FRE
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1 Mahler: "lang mehr dauern"
2 Thuille: "Nur noch Nacht"
3 Thuille: "kein"
4 Pfitzner: "Und"
5 Mahler, Thuille: "aus dem"
6 Thuille: "Rauch, dem Nebel"
7 omitted by Mahler
Submitted by Jakob Kellner
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Die stille Stadt", op. 90 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published <<1905 [voice and piano], Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Die stille Stadt", op. 26 (Fünf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Richard Dehmel) no. 4 (1930) [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Die stille Stadt", published 1930 [men's chorus], from Drei Nocturnes, no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964), "Die stille Stadt", 1900-1?, from Fünf Lieder, no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Die stille Stadt", op. 29 no. 4 (1921) [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Die stille Stadt", op. 50 (Sechs Gesänge (Six Songs)) no. 5 (1906) [voice and piano], also set in Finnish (Suomi) [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Suter (1870 - 1926), "Die stille Stadt", op. 12 (3 Lieder für Tenor mit Klavier) no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Die stille Stadt", op. 12 (Drei Gesänge) no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Die stille Stadt", 1951 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "Die stille Stadt", 1915, published 1950 [mezzo-soprano, flute, string trio, harp] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG FRE ; composed by Jean Sibelius.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable): - ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The silent town", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Hiljainen kaupunki", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La ville calme", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:25
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Word count: 76
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Hiljainen kaupunki
Language: Finnish (Suomi) after the German (Deutsch)
Laaksossa lepää hiljainen kaupunki,
kelmeä päivä painuu kohti iltaa.
Ei kestä enää kauan, kun taivaalla
ei enää näy kuuta eikä tähtiäkään;
siellä vallitsee vain yö.
Ympäröiviltä vuorilta valuu
sumua kaupungin ylle,
sen läpi ei näy yhtään kattoa, pihaa eikä taloa,
sen huurujen läpi ei kuulu ääntäkään,
tornit ja sillatkin erottuvat vain vaivoin.
Mutta kun vaeltaja oli kauhuissaan,
syttyi pieni valo hänen sydämessään;
kun sumun ja usvan läpi
alkoi kuulua hiljainen kiitoslaulu
lapsen suusta.
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Based on- a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Die stille Stadt" ENG FRE
- This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Wilhelm Reinhard Berger, Willy Burkhard, Paul Hermann Franz Graener, Alma Mahler, Hans Erich Pfitzner, Jean Sibelius, Hermann Suter, Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille, Felix Wolfes, Henri Zagwijn. Go to the text.
Text added to the website: 2010-01-14 00:00:00.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:03:30
Line count: 15
Word count: 73
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