Text Authorship:

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on:

• a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "静夜思"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Jean-Robert Blanc (b. 1907), "Clair de lune", published 1939 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 1, Bordeaux

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng (1872 - 1945) , "Thoughts in a tranquil night", appears in A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China, first published 1909 [an adaptation] ; composed by Gena Branscombe.
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• Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Seppo Nummi.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by François Cheng (b. 1929) , "Pensée nocturne", appears in L'écriture poétique chinoise, first published 1977, copyright © ; composed by Bruno Gousset.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Dorel Handman.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Heilmann (1859 - 1930) , "In der Herberge" ; composed by Othmar Schoeck.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Hauser (1876 - 1944) , "In stiller Nacht", first published 1906 ; composed by Josef Eduard Ploner.
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• Also set in Slovenian (Slovenščina), a translation by Oton Župančič (1878 - 1949) , copyright © ; composed by Anton Lajovic.
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