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possibly by Dorothee Charlotte Elisabeth Spangenberg, née Wehrs (1755 - 1808), as Aemilia and possibly by Dorothea Friderika Aemilia von Berlepsch (1755 - 1830)

Ruhig ist des Todes Schlummer
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ruhig ist des [Todes Schlummer]1
Und der Schooß der Erde kühl,
[Da]2 stöhrt unsre Ruh kein Kummer
Nicht der Leidenschaften Spiel;
Unsre Sorgen groß und klein
Schlummern alle mit uns ein. 

Über unsern Hügel schwinget
Die Vergessenheit den Stab,
Und der [Schmähsucht]3 Stimme dringet
Nicht ins stille dunkle Grab;
Fehler die uns hier besiegt,
Werden [dann]4 nicht mehr gerügt. 

Unsre Seufzer, unsre Thränen,
Werden ewig dann gestillt,
Unsre Wünsche, unsre Sehnen,
Alles, alles wird erfüllt.
Herzen die sonst heiß gewallt
Liegen fühllos dann und kalt. 

Läg' auch meines von den Sorgen
Dieses Lebens unempört,
In der Erde Schooß verborgen
Wo nichts seinen Frieden stört!  -- 
Kühles Grab, o wenn nimmst du
Mich in deine stille Ruh?

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Loewe •   H. Schnaubelt 

C. Loewe sets stanzas 1-2
H. Schnaubelt sets stanzas 1-2

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Confirmed with Musen Almanach, 13. Jahrgang, Göttingen: bei Johann Christian Dieterich, 1782. Appears in Poetische Blumenlese für das Jahr 1782, credited to "Aemilia", pages 135 - 136. Note: Schaubelt's edition attributes the poem to "Berlepsch".

1 Lauer: "Todesschlummer"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Schnaubelt: "Dann"
3 Loewe: "Sehnsucht"
4 Schnaubelt: "dort"

Text Authorship:

  • possibly by Dorothee Charlotte Elisabeth Spangenberg, née Wehrs (1755 - 1808), as Aemilia, "Das Grab" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
  • possibly by Dorothea Friderika Aemilia von Berlepsch (1755 - 1830), "Das Grab" [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 Friedrich Burchard Beneken (1760 - 1818), "Das Grab", published 1787 [ voice and piano or harpsichord or organ ], from Lieder und Gesänge für fühlende Seelen, no. , Hannover: in Commission der Schmidtschen Buchhandlung ; later reprinted by Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Friedrich Karl Lauer , "Das Grab", published 1788 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Lied am Grabe", 1826, published 1826, stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with Gesang-Lehre, vierte unveränderte Ausgabe, Stettin: beim Verfasser, 1841, page 17 ; piano part written by F. H. Schneider  [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750 - 1813), "Ruhig ist des Todes Schlummer", published 1813 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, in Beylage zur allgemeinen musikalischen Zeitung, no. VI, in Allgemeine musikalischen Zeitung, fünfzehnter Jahrgang, no. 38, 22 September 1813 [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Heinrich Schnaubelt (1814 - 1871), "Ruhig ist des Todes Schlummer", op. 42 no. 27, published 1871 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Lieder-Album für Männergesang, no. 27, Regensburg, Georg Joseph Manz
    • View the full text. [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2018-07-15
Line count: 24
Word count: 115

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