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by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Nun die Schatten dunkeln
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG ENG FRE
[Nun]1 die Schatten dunkeln,
Stern [an]2 Stern erwacht:
Welch ein Hauch der Sehnsucht
Flutet [in der]3 Nacht!

Durch das [Meer]4 der Träume
Steuert ohne Ruh',
[Steuert]5 meine Seele
Deiner Seele zu.

Die sich dir ergeben,
Nimm sie ganz dahin!
Ach, du weißt, daß nimmer
Ich [mein]6 eigen bin.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Hermann •   H. von Hochberg •   A. Rubinstein •   J. Schachner •   H. Zumpe 

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Confirmed with Emanuel Geibel, Juniuslieder, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1848, page 34.

1 Lewy: "Wenn"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Bolko von Hochberg: "bei"
3 Bolko von Hochberg, Hermann, Rubinstein, Schachner, Zumpe: "durch die"
4 Bolko von Hochberg: "Reich"
5 Hermann: "Sehnend"
6 Schachner: "mir"

Text Authorship:

  • by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Für Musik", appears in Juniuslieder, in Lieder [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 Paul tom Barge , "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Junius Lieder", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 2 no. 6, published 1850 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 7, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], published without an opus number in 1892 by Schott (Mainz); published in 1896 by Kistner (Leipzig) with an opus number  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Busch (1891 - 1952), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 3a (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1922 [ voice, viola and piano ], Berlin-London: N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Louis Ehlert (1825 - 1884), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published c1846 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: C. F. Peters [sung text not yet checked]
  • by H. vom Ende , "Die Nacht", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Köln, vom Ende [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 54 (6 Lieder für Alt, obligate Violine und Klavier) no. 2 (1927) [ alto, violin obbligato, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Für Musik", op. 10 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Freund (1852 - 1936), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 4 (5 Songs) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 77 no. 5, published 1869 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Heffner (1851 - 1900), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 13 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 52 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: C.A. Challier & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hans Heinrich XIV, Graf Bolko von Hochberg (1843 - 1926), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 30 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1886 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Emil Hoppe , "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1885 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 6 no. 2 (1862), published 1862 [ voice and piano ], from Der Ungenannten. Minneweisen, nach E. Geibel, no. 2, Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolay Filippovich Khristianovich (1828 - 1890), "Ein kleines Lied (Impromptu)", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Carl Franz) Edmund Kretschmer (1830 - 1908), "Nachtgesang", op. 25 (Drei Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln ", op. 1 (Vier Gedichte für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Lewy (1823 - 1883), "Wenn die Schatten dunkeln", op. 54 no. 8, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 8, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benjamin Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898), as W. A. Rémy, "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 13 (Zwei Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1874 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ödön (Edmund) von Mihalovich (1842 - 1929), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", published 1906-1913 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Rappoldi (1831 - 1903), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 4 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Martin Reinthaler (1822 - 1896), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 2, Heft 1 no. 1, published 1849 [ soprano and piano ], from Gedichte von Rückert, Eichendorff, Geibel, Dingelstedt für Sopran, no. 1, Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by M. W. Rettich , "Für Musik ", op. 6 (Acht Lieder von Em. Geibel für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Weimar, Kühn [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Lied", op. 57 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1862 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff  [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Joseph Rudolph Schachner (1821 - 1896), "Sehnsucht", op. 22 (3 Lieder) no. 1, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by G. Scheller , "Für Musik", op. 60 (Drei Gesänge für Bariton mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1878 [ baritone and piano ], Hamburg, Hentze [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln ", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Hermann Seyffardt (1859 - 1942), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alfred Richard Gotthilf Sormann (1861 - 1913), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Speidel (1826 - 1899), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 98 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Ludwigsburg, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Für Musik", 1878 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Willy Viol (b. 1848), "Für Musik", op. 13 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eugen von Volborth (1854 - 1928), "Für Musik", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Eulenburg  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by August Walter (1821 - 1896), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 19 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1869 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vally Wolff-Kownačka , "Nun die Schatten dunklen", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Hannover, Nagel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hermann Zumpe , "Nun die Schatten dunkeln" [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Johann Wenzeslaus Kalliwoda.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Now the shadows are darkening", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "For music", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "Now the shades are deep'ning"
  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 54

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