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Ein [Hof]1 liegt in der stillen Nacht, Ein Bauernhof, drin keiner wacht Und keiner wache Nächte kennt. Ein Heimatzauber kommt von dir Und weht in die Gedanken mir Den Frieden, den kein Name nennt.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 67.
1 Zintl: "Haus"Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der stille Hof", written 1900 [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 Heinz Bischoff , "Der stille Hof", 1928 [ voice and guitar ], from Drei Lieder mit Gitarrenbegleitung, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Der stille Hof" [ high voice and piano ], from Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Der stille Hof", op. 44 (Vier Lieder nach Texten verschieder Dichter) no. 1 (1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Der stille Hof", 1949 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erwin Hauff (1894 - 1960), "Der stille Hof", 1955-7, published 1960 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Krause (b. 1889), "Der stille Hof", op. 48 no. 7 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Der stille Hof ", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Schumann (b. 1914), "Der stille Hof " [ voice and guitar ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Siegl (1896 - 1978), "Der stille Hof ", published 1929 [ four-part men's chorus and viola ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Simbriger (1903 - 1976), "Der stille Hof " [ medium voice and string trio ], from Fünf Lieder für mittlere Stimme mit Streichtriobegleitung, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Thienemann (1884 - 1963), "Der stille Hof", published 1931 [ voice and guitar or lute ], from Sonne im Herbst - Lieder zur Gitarre (Laute), no. 91 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Oskar Viktor Zack (1882 - 1963), "Ein Hof liegt in der stillen Nacht", published 1925 [ 2-part chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Das stille Haus", <<1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-30
Line count: 6
Word count: 35
A [farm]1 lies in the quiet night, A farmyard, in which no one keeps watch And no one knows wakeful nights. A homeland magic comes from you And wafts into my thoughts The peace that no name can speak.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Der stille Hof" = "The quiet farm"
"Das stille Haus" = "The quiet house"
"Ein Hof liegt in der stillen Nacht" = "A farm lies in the quiet night"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der stille Hof", written 1900
This text was added to the website: 2017-11-19
Line count: 6
Word count: 40