Wie rauscht so sacht
Durch alle Wipfel
Die stille Nacht,
Hat Thal und Gipfel
Zur Ruh gebracht.
Nur der Mensch in Träumen
Sinnt fort, was er bei Tag gedacht,
Weiß nichts von dem Lied in den Bäumen
Und von des Himmels Pracht,
Der in den stillen Räumen
Über Allen wacht.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Adolf Busch (1891 - 1952), "Wie rauscht so sacht", op. 11b (Five Songs for High Voice and Chamber Orchestra) no. 2 (1917) [ high voice and chamber orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "In der Nacht", op. 57 (Sechs Gesänge für gemischten Chor a capella) no. 4, published 1889 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Rudnick (1850 - 1927), "In der Nacht", op. 14 (Zwei Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1880 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
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Line count: 11
Word count: 50
How gently soughs
Through all the treetops
The quiet night;
It has brought to rest
Valleys and mountain peaks.
Only man in dreams
Continues to ponder that which he thought by day,
Knows nothing of the song in the trees
And of the splendour of Heaven,
Which in all the quiet expanses
Keeps watch above everyone.