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by Franz Ferdinand, Freiherr von Dingelstedt (1814 - 1881)

Mitternacht
 (Sung text for setting by L. Spohr)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Wolken ziehen schwarz und hoch,
matt blinken die müden Sterne.
Wacht wohl mein holdes Mädchen noch,
mein Liebchen in der Ferne?
 
Es singt der Wind sein Wiegenlied
und schlägt an Fenster und Bäume.
Ob sie wohl herüber zu mir sieht,
versenkt in liebende Träume?
 
Die Woge schläft, die Welt ist still,
die Nacht hat den Tag vertrieben.
Mein heisses Herz nicht schlafen will,
es kann nur weinen und lieben.

Composition:

    Set to music by Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Mitternacht", WoO. 97 (1838) [ voice and piano (or piano four-hands) ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Ferdinand, Freiherr von Dingelstedt (1814 - 1881), no title, appears in Gedichte [1838], in 1. Buch der Liebe, in 3. Der Liebe Leid, no. 2, Cassel und Leipzig: J. C. Kriegersche Buchhandlung, first published 1838

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Research team for this page: Michael Leinert , Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 75

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