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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Winternacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG FRE
Verschneit liegt rings die ganze Welt,
[Ich hab' Nichts]1, was mich freuet,
Verlassen steht der Baum im Feld,
Hat längst sein Laub verstreuet.

Der Wind [nur geht bei]2 stiller Nacht
Und rüttelt an den Baume,
Da rührt er [seinen]3 Wipfel sacht
Und redet wie im Traume.

Er träumt von künft'ger Frühlingszeit,
Von Grün und Quellenrauschen,
Wo er im neuen Blüten-Kleid
Zu Gottes Lob wird rauschen.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   B. Scholz 

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Scholz: "Nichts hab' ich"
2 Scholz: "geht nun in"
3 Scholz: "seine"

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Winternacht", written 1839, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte [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 Johann Carl Eschmann (1826 - 1882), "Winternacht", op. 4 (Drei geistliche Lieder) no. 2, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Winternacht", op. 30 (Zwölf Lieder für Alt (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1883 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Willibald Kähler (1866 - 1938), "Winternacht", op. 2 no. 3, published 1890 [ bass and piano ], Hannover, Nagel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Kleinmichel (1846 - 1901), "Winternacht", op. 24 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Egon Kornauth (1891 - 1959), "Winternacht", op. 38 (Acht Lieder nach Eichendorff) no. 4 (1933) [ voice and piano or orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), "Winternacht", op. 5 no. 2 (1911) [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder: So Gott und Papa will, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Julius Matthes , "Winternacht", published 1886 [ mezzo-soprano or alto and piano ], from Kompositionen für Gesang. Heft 2. Sechs Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran oder Alt mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Berlin, Annecke [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Winternacht", op. 46 (Sieben Gedichte = Семь стихотворений (Sem' stikhotvorenij)) no. 5 (1925-6) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Winternacht", op. 30 no. 3 (1918) [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Bernhard Ernst Scholz (1835 - 1916), "Winternacht", op. 4 (4 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1857 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Winternacht", op. 69 (Drei Lieder für Alt oder Bass mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1863 [ alto or bass and piano ], Berlin, Mendel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emil Sulzbach (1885 - 1932), "Winternacht", op. 21 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Winternacht", op. 56 (Acht geistliche Gesänge für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1876 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Wüllner (1832 - 1902), "Winternacht", op. 39 (Sechs vierstimmige Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1862? [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "冬夜", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Winter night", copyright © 2014
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nuit d'hiver", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

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