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Der Tag ist längst geschieden. -- [Von]1 dem Sternenzelt Sinkt tiefer, [heil'ger]2 Frieden Herab auf Haus und Feld. Auf müde Augen linde Legt süßen Schlaf die Nacht; Im Kämmerlein beim Kinde Hält Gottes Engel Wacht. Schon hat sein Lied gesungen Das Kindlein sanft zur Ruh'; Die Saiten sind verklungen, Nun deckt er's leise zu.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Georg Scherer, vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Berlin, Wien: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1894, page 16
1 Reinecke: "und von"2 Reinecke: "heiliger"
Text Authorship:
- by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909), "Frieden der Nacht", appears in Gedichte von Georg Scherer, in 1. Erstes Buch [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 Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Frieden der Nacht", op. 121 (Sechs Kammerduette für zwei tiefe Stimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1866 [ vocal duet for 2 low voices and piano ], Bremen, Aug. Fr. Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Krause (1840 - 1916), "Frieden der Nacht", op. 50 (Zwei Kinderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg. Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Frieden der Nacht", op. 75 (Zehn Kinderlieder) no. 10 (1860) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Zillmann (1834 - 1909), "Frieden der Nacht", op. 23 no. 5, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Mignonlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Nocturnal peace", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-02-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 55
The day has long since departed. -- [From]1 the starry canopy Deep, holy peace descends Upon house and field. Upon weary eyes the night Gently lays sweet sleep; In the little chamber beside the child The angel of God keeps watch. [The angel] has already gently lulled The child to rest with song; The strings have fallen silent, Now [the angel] quietly draws the covers over the child.
1 Reinecke: "And from"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909), "Frieden der Nacht", appears in Gedichte von Georg Scherer, in 1. Erstes Buch
This text was added to the website: 2017-07-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 68