Sieben Zwerge um Mitternacht Haben Armseelchen zu Grab gebracht. Hat ihm kein Bitten und Beten genützt -- Hat es eben sterben gemüßt. Haben die Glocken leise geklungen, Und die Kinderchen haben gesungen. Sieben Zwerge um Mitternacht Haben Armseelchen zu Grab gebracht. Haben alle wilden Tiere geweint. Hat kein Mond und kein Sternlein gescheint. Hätt' ein Lichtlein gern leuchten gemöcht -- Hat es der Wind ausgelöscht. Sieben Zwerge in finstrer Nacht Haben Armseelchen zur Ruh' gebracht.
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Emil Alfred Herrmann, Heidelberg: Verlag von Otto Peters, 1902, page 20. Republished in a collection titled Wanderer unter der Wolke, also in Heidelberg (by C. Pferrer) shortly before the composer's life ended, in 1946.
Text Authorship:
- by Emil Alfred Herrmann (1871 - 1957), "Um Mitternacht", first published 1902 [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 Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Um Mitternacht", op. 46 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, published 1915 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erwin Löwenfeld (1882 - 1949), as Erwin Lendvai, "Um Mitternacht", op. 20 no. 9 [ women's chorus and orchestra ], from Jungbrunnen. Ein Liederkreis in deutscher Art, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conrad Ramrath (1880 - 1972), "Um Mitternacht", op. 17 (Sieben Lieder) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Heinz Scholtys (1900 - 1945), "Um Mitternacht" [ voice and piano ], from 94 Lieder, no. 15 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gertrud Schweizer (1894 - 1942), "Um Mitternacht", published 2023 [ voice and piano ], CAESURA [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Werner , "Um Mitternacht", op. 22 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavier) no. 2, published 1906-1913 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Armseelchen", 1922, published 1922 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1, Wien: Edition Strache [sung text not yet checked]
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