by Ernst Feigl (1887 - 1957)
Geh' leise. Alle Felder schlafen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Geh' leise. Alle Felder schlafen, Nur Atem wachen, Wälder schlafen, Wehmütig ist die Nacht im Ort. Was willst du noch? Geh' leise fort. Ein großer Schlaf liegt auf der Welt: Nichts bist Du mehr, Dein Schritt verfällt.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Hartmut Binder (ed.), Prager Profile: Vergessene Autoren im Schatten Kafkas, Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1991, page 361. Die "Werkauswahl Ernst Feigl" ist herausgegeben von Dieter Sudhoff.
Text Authorship:
- by Ernst Feigl (1887 - 1957), "Nacht", written 1918 [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 Wilhelm Grosz (1894 - 1939), "Geh' leise", op. 11 no. 1, published 1922 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Rondels, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ján Móry (1892 - 1978), "Die Nacht", op. 15 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1929) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
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