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by Johanna Voigt (1854 - 1939), as Johanna Ambrosius

Mit ausgespannten Armen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Mit ausgespannten Armen
Kommt leis' die Nacht.
Drückt Feld und Wald und Fluren
Ans Herze sacht.

Schlägt ihren weichen Mantel
Um Strauch und Baum,
Und summt mit Glockentönen
Die Welt in Traum.

Vergessen hat die Erde
Des Tages Weh,
Ich hebe meine Augen
Hinauf zur Höh'.

Ein Vöglein seh' ich tauchen
Ins Abendgold,
Ach, wenn's auch meine Seele
Mitnehmen wollt'!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Johanna Voigt (1854 - 1939), as Johanna Ambrosius, "Sommernacht", appears in Bilder aus dem Leben. Aus der Natur, aus der Heimat  [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 Gustav Dippe (1858 - 1914), "Sommernacht", op. 18 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co.  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Sommernacht", op. 31 (Fünfzehn Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 6, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Kahn , "Sommernacht", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855 - 1913), "Am Abend", op. 24 ([Fünf] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Glas [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863 - 1943), "Sommernacht", op. 12 (Vier Gesänge für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Sommernacht", op. 24 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, C. Dieckmann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georg Schumann (1866 - 1952), "Sommernacht", op. 13 (Drei Lieder von Johanna Ambrosius für Gesang und Klavier) no. 1, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, N. Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Hermann Seyffardt (1859 - 1942), "Sommernacht", op. 26 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-09-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 60

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