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by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909)

Frieden der Nacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Der Tag ist längst geschieden. --
[Von]1 dem Sternenzelt
Sinkt tiefer, [heil'ger]2 Frieden 
Herab auf Haus und Feld.

Auf müde Augen linde
Legt süßen Schlaf die Nacht;
Im Kämmerlein beim Kinde
Hält Gottes Engel Wacht.

Schon hat sein Lied gesungen
Das Kindlein sanft zur Ruh';
Die Saiten sind verklungen,
Nun deckt er's leise zu.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   K. Reinecke 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Georg Scherer, vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Berlin, Wien: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1894, page 16

1 Reinecke: "und von"
2 Reinecke: "heiliger"

Text Authorship:

  • by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909), "Frieden der Nacht", appears in Gedichte von Georg Scherer, in 1. Erstes Buch [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 Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Frieden der Nacht", op. 121 (Sechs Kammerduette für zwei tiefe Stimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1866 [ vocal duet for 2 low voices and piano ], Bremen, Aug. Fr. Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emil Krause (1840 - 1916), "Frieden der Nacht", op. 50 (Zwei Kinderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg. Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Frieden der Nacht", op. 75 (Zehn Kinderlieder) no. 10 (1860) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Eduard Zillmann (1834 - 1909), "Frieden der Nacht", op. 23 no. 5, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Mignonlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Nocturnal peace", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website: 2011-02-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

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