Es schlug vom Turm die Mitternacht. Was ist's, daß ich so jäh erwacht? Was pocht in wunderlichem Schmerz Noch halb im Traume mir das Herz? Rings Stille. Keines Windes Hauch, Kein Tier noch Vogel lebt im Strauch, Durchs Fenster mit verhaltnem Schein Der bleiche Himmel sieht herein. Da bricht, des Traumes noch bewußt, Ein Schluchzen mir aus weher Brust. Derweil ich schlief, ging bleich und stumm Der alten Liebe Schatten um.
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Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Nacht im Odenwald", written 1901, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Von Wanderungen, first published 1919 [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 Rudolf Brömel (b. 1877), "Nacht im Odenwald", published 1945-8 [ voice and piano ], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 22 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Hutter (b. 1876), "Nacht im Odenwald", <<1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Knayer (1876 - 1932), "Nächtliches Erwachen" [ mezzo-soprano or tenor or baritone and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 2 times]
- by Johannes Schmiedel (b. 1921), "Nacht im Odenwald", 1983 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Schmiedel (b. 1921), "Nacht im Odenwald ", 1983 [ voice and guitar ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
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