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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.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Georg Scherer, vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Berlin, Wien: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1894, page 16
Authorship
- by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909), "Frieden der Nacht", appears in Gedichte von Georg Scherer, in 1. Erstes Buch [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 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 verified ]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Frieden der Nacht", op. 75 (Zehn Kinderlieder) no. 10 (1860). [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 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 verified ]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Nocturnal peace", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Text added to the website: 2011-02-08 00:00:00
Last modified: 2017-07-20 15:04:29
Line count: 12
Word count: 53
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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909), "Frieden der Nacht", appears in Gedichte von Georg Scherer, in 1. Erstes Buch
Text added to the website: 2017-07-24 00:00:00
Last modified: 2017-07-24 14:51:55
Line count: 12
Word count: 67