by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)
Translation Singable translation by Edwin Schneider
In verschwiegener Nacht
Language: German (Deutsch)
In verschwiegener Nacht Hab' ich deiner gedacht Und mit sehnendem Gruß Dich gegrüßet. Hab' geweint und gelacht In der heimlichen Nacht Und mit [seligem]1 Kuß Dich geküsset. Als das Morgenlicht kam Und die Träume mir nahm, Hab' ich einsam die Wonne Gebüßet.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Einundzwanzigst Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1905, page 37.
1 Courvoisier: "sehnendem"Text Authorship:
- by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "In verschwiegener Nacht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 21 [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 Arthur Olaf Andersen (1880 - 1958), "In verschwiegener Nacht", published 1908 [ high voice and piano ], from Two songs, no. 2, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Berta Bock (1857 - 1945), "In verschwiegener Nacht", op. 9 no. 3, published c1910 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Fritz Schuberth Jr. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "In verschwiegener Nacht", op. 21 (Fünf Lieder im ernsten Ton) no. 5 (1907/9) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Cormann (1871 - 1963), "In verschwiegener Nacht", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Rost [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931), "In verschwiegener Nacht", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1903-4) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Hans Fährmann (1860 - 1940), "In verschwiegener Nacht", op. 32 (Zehn kleine Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1906 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, (Junne.) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "In verschwiegener Nacht hab' ich deiner gedacht", op. 74 (Fünf Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolph Ganz (1877 - 1972), "In verschwiegener Nacht", op. 2 no. 3, published 1908 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "In verschwiegener Nacht", published 1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 1, from Zwölf Lieder von Anna Ritter für eine Mittelstimme (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Leipzig: Hofmeister (1909 - Zwölf Lieder); Bryn Mawr, PA: Hildegard Publishing Company (1998 - Sieben Lieder) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lili Hutterstrasser-Scheidl (1882 - 1942), as Lio Hans, "In verschwiegener Nacht", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Wien: Ludwig Doblinger (Bernhard Herzmansky) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "In verschwiegener Nacht", op. 63 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léo Kok (1893 - 1992), "In verschwiegener Nacht", copyright © 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Liebeslieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pieter Molenbroek , "In verschwiegener Nacht", published 1929 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Anna Ritter, no. 4, München: Halbreiter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "In verschwiegener Nacht", 1898 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Edwin Schneider ; composed by Arthur Olaf Andersen.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dans la nuit discrète", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 43
In the silence of night
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
In the silence of night Did I dream with delight, And, with longing desire sent thee greeting. Then I wept and laugh'd light In the stillness of night, And with rapturous joy did I kiss thee. As the morning light fell, All my dreams to dispell, Did I lonely to rapture give penance.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Edwin Schneider [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "In verschwiegener Nacht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 21
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arthur Olaf Andersen (1880 - 1958), "In the silence of night", published 1908 [ high voice and piano ], from Two songs, no. 2, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-04-05
Line count: 9
Word count: 53