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by (Johann) Gottfried Kinkel (1815 - 1882)

Trost der Nacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es heilt die Nacht des Tages Wunden,
Wenn mit der Sterne buntem Schein
Das königliche Haupt umwunden
Sie still und mächtig tritt herein.

Die milden leisen Hauche kommen,
Der Farben grelle Pracht erblasst.
In weicher Linie ruht verschwommen
Der scharfen Zackenfelsen Last.

So legt die Nacht mit Muttergüte
Sich um die Seele schmerzenvoll.
Es läutert sich still im Gemüte
Zur Wehmut jeder bittre Groll.

Die Tränen, die vergessen schliefen,
Nun strömen sie in mächt'gem Lauf;
Es steigt aus wunden Herzenstiefen
Ein rettungahnend Beten auf!

Text Authorship:

  • by (Johann) Gottfried Kinkel (1815 - 1882) [author's text not yet checked 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 Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Trost der Nacht", op. 20 no. 4, published 1882 [ high voice and piano ], from Landschaftsbilder. Sechs Gesänge, no. 4, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Trost der Nacht", op. 84 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 4, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Trost der Nacht", op. 58 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5 (1857) [ SATB quartet ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Trost der Nacht", published 1890 [ duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano (or tenor and baritone) with piano ], from Sechs Duette für Sopran und Mezzosopran (oder Tenor und Bariton) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 84

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