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by Wilhelmina Christiane von Chézy, née Klencke (1783 - 1856)

Gut' Nacht, fahr wohl!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Gut' Nacht, fahr wohl!
[Süß sanftes Herz]1,
Zu tausend gute Nacht!
[Wie hab' ich nicht]2
in Wonn' und Schmerz
Herzinnig dein gedacht!
[Gut' Nacht, fahr wohl!]3

Bist fern, doch bleibt
Dein Bild mein Traum,
Mein Stern in dunkler Nacht.
Der [pranget]4 hell am Wolkensaum,
Wo Leid und Liebe wacht.
[Gut' Nacht, fahr wohl!]3

Sonst hab ich nichts,
Ach nichts von dir,
Als diesen Blick allein,
Und wichest ewig du von mir,
Sein [Licht]5 bleibt ewig mein.
[Gut' Nacht, fahr wohl!]3

Ich [sah]6 dein ganzes Herz im Blick,
Wie Himmel in der Flut.
Gut' Nacht! fahr wohl,
Du all' mein Glück!
Mein Herz an deinem ruht.
[Gut' Nacht, fahr wohl!]3

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Banck •   F. Kücken 

F. Kücken sets stanzas 1-2, 4, 3

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1 Appel, Kücken: "mein treues Herz"; Banck: "Geliebtes Herz"; Gernlein: "du sanftes Herz"
2 Kücken: "Wie hab' ich einst/ oft"
3 omitted by Banck, Kücken
4 Kücken: "glänzet"
5 Kücken: "Blick"
6 Banck, Kücken: "seh'"

Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelmina Christiane von Chézy, née Klencke (1783 - 1856) [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 Karl Appel (1812 - 1895), "Gut' Nacht, fahr' wohl, mein treues Herz", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Krüger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Gute Nacht aus der Ferne", op. 2 no. 2, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], from Getrennte Liebe, no. 2, Leipzig: C.F. Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Rudolf Gernlein (flourished c1836), "Gut' Nacht", published 1831 [ voice and piano or guitar ], from 3 Serenaden, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Gut' Nacht fahr' wohl mein treues Herz", op. 52 no. 1, stanzas 1-2,4,3 [ bass or alto and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Gut' Nacht", op. 76 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emilie Zumsteeg (1796 - 1857), "Gut' Nacht!", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-20
Line count: 25
Word count: 119

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