by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
Oft in the stilly night
Language: English
Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond mem'ry brings the light Of other days around me; The smiles, the tears of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken, The eyes that shone, now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken! Thus in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Sad mem'ry brings the light Of other days around me. When I remember all The friends, so linked together, I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one who treads alone Some banquet hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, whose garlands dead, And all but he departed! Thus in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Sad mem'ry brings the light Of other days around me.
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- by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "Oft in the stilly night", appears in National Airs, first published 1818 [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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Oft in the stilly night" [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "The light of other days", published 1931 [satb chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by David Nyvall, Jr. , "Oft in the stilly night", published 1923 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Oft in the stilly night", 1866, first performed 1867 [four-part chorus] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by William E. H. Potter , "Oft in the stilly night", published 1907, first performed 1867 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by John Andrew Stevenson (1761 - 1833), "Oft in the stilly night" [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "The light of other days", 1945-70, first performed 1867 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Georg von der Vring (1889 - 1968) , copyright © ; composed by Harald Genzmer.
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