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Zwölf Eichendorff-Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier

by Cesar Bresgen (1913 - 1988)

Überm Lande die Sterne

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Überm Lande die Sterne
Machen die Runde bei Nacht,
Mein Schatz ist in der Ferne,
Liegt am Feuer auf der Wacht.

Übers Feld bellen Hunde;
Wenn der Mondschein erblich,
Rauscht der Wald auf im Grunde:
Reiter, jetzt hüte dich!

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe, in Nacht, no. 3 [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):

Set by Cesar Bresgen (1913 - 1988), 1938 [ voice and piano ], Bad Godesberg / Potsdam: Ludwig Voggenreiter Verlag

When first published in 1828, the poem "Nacht" was one stanza long (usually referred to as Nacht Teil 1); in 1837, Eichendorff added Teil 2, which encompassed stanza 2; in 1839, Eichendorff added Teil 3, which encompassed stanzas 3 and 4; and in 1841 he added Teil 4, encompassing stanzas 5 and 6, and thus giving the poem its final form.


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

O du stille Zeit!

Language: German (Deutsch) 
O du stille Zeit!
Kommst, eh' wir's gedacht,
Über die Berge weit
[Nun rauschet es so sacht
In der Waldeinsamkeit,
Gute Nacht ---]1

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title [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):

Set by Cesar Bresgen (1913 - 1988), 1938 [ voice and piano ], Bad Godesberg / Potsdam: Ludwig Voggenreiter Verlag
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Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's Werke. Dritter Theil. Dichter und ihre Gesellen. Krieg den Philistern, Berlin, Verlegt von M. Simion, 1841, page 255.

1 Bresgen:
Gute Nacht!
In der Einsamkeit
rauscht es nun sacht,
Über die Berge weit,
Gute Nacht!

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 63
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