by Friedrich von Logau (1604 - 1655)
Tod ist ein langer Schlaf. Schlaf ist...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Tod ist ein langer Schlaf. Schlaf ist ein kurzer Tod, Die Noth die lindert der, und jener tilgt die Noth.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Friedrichs von Logau Sinngedichte: zwölf Bücher, Leipzig, in der Weidmannischen Buchhandlung, 1759, page 8.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Logau (1604 - 1655), 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):
- by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Tod und Schlaf", 179- [four-part chorus a cappella], infinite canon [ sung text verified 1 time]
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