Was wecken aus dem Schlummer mich
Für süße Klänge doch?
O Mutter, sieh! wer mag es sein,
[In]1 später Stunde noch?

"Ich [höre nichts, ich sehe]2 nichts,
O schlummre fort so lind!
Man bringt dir keine Ständchen [jetzt]3,
Du armes, krankes Kind!"

[Es ist nicht irdische Musik,
Was]4 mich so freudig macht;
Mich rufen Engel mit Gesang,
O Mutter, gute Nacht!

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Confirmed with Uhlands Werke, Erster Teil, Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year], page 141.

¹ Randhartinger (song with string quartet): "In so"
² Hensel: "sehe nichts, ich höre"; Randhartinger (song with string quartet): "höre nichts, ich höre"
³ Lang: "mehr"
⁴ Mendel: "Nicht irdische Musik ist es/ Das"

Text Authorship:

• by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Das Ständchen", appears in Balladen und Romanzen, in Sterbeklänge, no. 1, first published 1815 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Francis Edward Bache (1833 - 1858), "Ständchen", op. 16 (Six songs) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by J. Bandisch , "Das Ständchen", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Eulenburg [sung text not yet checked]
• by (August Joseph) Norbert Burgmüller (1810 - 1836), "Ständchen", op. 10 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5 (1827-36?) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernesto Drangosch (1882 - 1925), "Das Ständchen", op. 4 no. 3 (1906) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803 - 1836), "Das Ständchen", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für Altstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1832 [ alto and piano ], Leipzig: Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gerhard Haase , "Ständchen", op. 2 no. 1, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Liedercyklus für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Elberfeld, Küpper [sung text not yet checked]
• by Eduard (Edward) Franz Carl Hubert Hartenfels (1810 - 1898), "Das Ständchen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Georg Andreas Henkel (1805 - 1871), "Was wecken aus dem Schlummer mich", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Das Ständchen", H-U 61 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Das Ständchen", op. 68, published 1865 [ mezzo-soprano, 2 violins, viola ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by Camillo Horn (1860 - 1941), "Das Ständchen", op. 60 no. 1, published 1906-1913, Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Ständchen", op. 16 (Acht Gesänge und Lieder) no. 4 (1892), published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolay Filippovich Khristianovich (1828 - 1890), "Ständchen", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jan Bedřich Kittl (1806 - 1868), "Ständchen", op. 13 (Drei Lieder von Uhland und Birnatzky für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Das Ständchen", op. 70, Heft 4 (4. Folge der Frühlings- und Wanderlieder) no. 8, KWV 9109 no. 8 [ voice and piano ], from 12 Lieder und Romanzen von L. Uhland, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 8, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Das Ständchen", op. 43 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 (1878), published 1879 [ medium voice and piano ], Stuttgart: Ebner [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Ständchen", op. 10 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 5, published 1830 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Das Ständchen", op. 7 (Drei Romanzen) no. 1, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rudolph, Fürst von Lichtenstein , "Ständchen", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Das Ständchen", op. 9, Heft 2 no. 4 (1826), published 1828 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Johann Jakob Mendel (1809 - 1881), "Ständchen" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Wilhelm Carl Mühldorfer (1836 - 1919), "Ständchen", op. 45 (Drei Gesänge für drei Frauenstimmen) no. 2, published 1876 [ vocal trio for female voices ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Niggli (1875 - 1959), "Das Ständchen", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by August Overbeck , "Das Ständchen", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Mannheim, Hasdenteufel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Paumgartner , "Das Ständchen", published 1890 [ female voice and piano ], from Drei Gedichte, no. 1, Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878), "Das Ständchen", op. 215 no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Sterbeklänge, no. 1, Wien, Schreiber [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Ständchen", op. 46 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg: Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Ständchen" [ voice and piano and string quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Alfred Richter (1846 - 1919), "Das Ständchen", op. 12 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Das Ständchen", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1878 [ alto and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
• by Louis Schubert (1828 - 1884), "Das Ständchen", op. 29, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], in Die musikalische Welt, Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jan (or Johann) Sluníčko (1852 - 1923), "Das Ständchen", op. 23 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit obbligato Violine und Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1898 [ voice, piano, violin obbligato ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
• by Étienne Soubre (1813 - 1871), "Ständchen" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Das Ständchen", op. 105 no. 3 (1838) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Wilhelm Steifensand (1820 - 1882), "Ständchen", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1851 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
• by Emil Steinkühler (1821 - 1872), "Sterbeklänge", op. 24 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1853 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nic. Thauret , "Das Ständchen", published 1884 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Mannheim, Heckel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Caroline Unger (1803 - 1877), as Caroline Sabatier-Ungher, "Ständchen", published [c1864] [ voice and piano ], from Lieder, Mélodies et Stornelli, no. 12, Leipzig: C.G. Röder, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by August Walter (1821 - 1896), "Das Ständchen", op. 17 (Drei Gesänge für Alt-Stimme) no. 2, published 1862 [ alto and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Das Ständchen", op. 1 (6 Gedichte) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Xavier Marmier (1808 - 1892) , "Le sommeil ", appears in Poésies d'un voyageur 1834-1878, Imprimerie Simon Raçon, first published 1874 ; composed by Jules Bouval.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by François Sabatier (1818 - 1891) ; composed by Caroline Unger, as Caroline Sabatier-Ungher.
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• Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Washington Castro.
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• Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877) , "Serenaden" ; composed by Richard Andersson, Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The serenade", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La sérénade", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

What sweet sounds awaken me
From my slumbers?
Oh mother, go see! Who might it be
At such a late hour yet?

"I don't hear anything, I don't see anything,
Oh, keep on slumbering so gently!
No one is coming to serenade you [now]1,
You poor sick child!"

It is not earthly music
That fills me with such joy.
The angels are calling me with song;
Oh mother, good night!