by
Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909)
Frieden der Nacht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Der Tag ist längst geschieden. --
Von dem Sternenzelt
Sinkt tiefer, heil'ger Frieden
Herab auf Haus und Feld.
Auf müde Augen linde
Legt süßen Schlaf die Nacht;
Im Kämmerlein beim Kinde
Hält Gottes Engel Wacht.
Schon hat sein Lied gesungen
Das Kindlein sanft zur Ruh';
Die Saiten sind verklungen,
Nun deckt er's leise zu.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Georg Scherer, vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Berlin, Wien: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1894, page 16
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 Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Frieden der Nacht", op. 121 (Sechs Kammerduette für zwei tiefe Stimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1866 [ vocal duet for 2 low voices and piano ], Bremen, Aug. Fr. Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Krause (1840 - 1916), "Frieden der Nacht", op. 50 (Zwei Kinderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg. Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Frieden der Nacht", op. 75 (Zehn Kinderlieder) no. 10 (1860) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Zillmann (1834 - 1909), "Frieden der Nacht", op. 23 no. 5, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Mignonlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Nocturnal peace", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Nocturnal peace
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The day has long since departed. --
From the starry canopy
Deep, holy peace descends
Upon house and field.
Upon weary eyes the night
Gently lays sweet sleep;
In the little chamber beside the child
The angel of God keeps watch.
The angel has already gently lulled
The child to rest with song;
The strings have fallen silent,
Now the angel quietly draws the covers over the child.
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