The serenade (Uhland) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Was wecken aus dem Schlummer mich

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): ENG FRE

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

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

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

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Uhland, Ludwig, Gedichte, Stuttgart, 1815.

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 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 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", published 1832 [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 Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Das Ständchen", op. 68, published 1865 [ mezzo-soprano, 2 violins, viola ], Mainz, Schott [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 (Johann Friedrich) Kittl (1806 - 1868), "Ständchen", op. 13 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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 not yet checked]
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 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 not yet checked]
by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Ständchen", op. 46 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg: Cranz [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 Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Das Ständchen", op. 105 no. 3 (1838) [sung text checked 1 time]
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 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]

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.
Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Washington Castro.

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The serenade", copyright © 2006, (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

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

The serenade

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

What sweet sounds awaken me
From my slumbers?
Oh mother, go see who it might 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,
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.

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2006 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Das Ständchen", appears in Balladen und Romanzen, in Sterbeklänge, no. 1, first published 1815

This text was added to the website: 2006-12-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 70