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by Josua Stegmann (1588 - 1632)

Die Sonn' hat ihren Lauf gewendet
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Sonn' hat [ihren Lauf]1 gewendet
und, was sie soll auf diesen Tag, vollendet.
Die dunkle Nacht dringt allenthalben zu,
[bringt, Menschenkind, dein Herz]2 zur Ruh'.
Ich preise dich, du Herr der Nächt' und Tage,
und deine große, große Macht!
Herr, wenn mir einst die tiefste Nacht bricht ein,
so gib zugleich dein Licht herein,
da du uns hast den Tag bestimmt,
dem keine Nacht sein' Klarheit nimmt:
den Tag des Lichts.

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•   J. Bach 

J. Bach sets lines 1-4

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1 Bach: "sich mit ihrem Glanz"
2 Bach: "bringt Menschen, Vieh und alle Welt"

Text Authorship:

  • by Josua Stegmann (1588 - 1632) [author's text not yet checked 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 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750), "Die Sonn hat sich mit ihrem Glanz", BWV 297, lines 1-4 [ satb chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Magdalena Naacke , "Abendlied", published c1895 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 1, Breslau : Jul. Offhaus' Nachfolger, W. Weiß [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2026-03-17
Line count: 11
Word count: 74

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