Faust
 Verlassen hab' ich Feld und Auen,
 Die eine tiefe Nacht bedeckt,
 Mit ahndungsvollem heil'gem Grauen
 In uns die bessre Seele weckt.
 Entschlafen sind nun wilde Triebe,
 Mit jedem ungestümen Thun;
 Es reget sich die Menschenliebe,
 Die Liebe Gottes regt sich nun.

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Text Authorship:

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I) [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 Johann Christoph Kienlen (1783 - 1829), "Abendlied", published 1819? [sung text not yet checked]
• by Konrad Kocher (1786 - 1872), "Aus Goethes Faust", c1823/4 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Justus Amadeus Lecerf (1789 - 1868), "Faust im Studierzimmer", published 1835? [ voice and piano ], from Neun Gesänge zu Goethe's Faust, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Faust im Studierzimmer", 1820 [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge aus Goethe's Faust, no. 5, an edition from 1836 is mentioned by Hofmeister, published Wien, Trentsensky
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• by August Heinrich Leberecht August Mühling (1786 - 1847), "Abendlied", op. 36 no. 1, published 1824 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], from Zwölf Lieder für vier Männerstimmen, no. 1
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