by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Henry Grafton Chapman (1860 - 1913)
Ah, Death the cooling Night shall be
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Ah, Death the cooling Night shall be
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Text Authorship:
- by Henry Grafton Chapman (1860 - 1913)
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 87, first published 1826/7
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Theodore Paxson , "Ah, Death the cooling Night shall be", published 1937
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist DUT FIN FRE GRE HEB ITA SPA ; composed by Paul Ambrose.
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- Also set in English, a translation by A. Davenport DUT FIN FRE GRE HEB ITA SPA ; composed by Edward Baxter Felton.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Louise Bogan (1897 - 1970) DUT FIN FRE GRE HEB ITA SPA ; composed by David Rakowski.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist DUT FIN FRE GRE HEB ITA SPA ; composed by Nancy Hayes Van de Vate.
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- Also set in English, adapted by J. Snodgrass , "Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, pages 122-123, first published 1887 DUT FIN FRE GRE HEB ITA SPA ; composed by Healey Willan.
- Also set in English, a translation by Theodore Martin, Sir, KCB KCVO (1816 - 1909) , "Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht" DUT FIN FRE GRE HEB ITA SPA ; composed by Frances Allitsen, née Bumpus.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Maurice Dufresne (d. 1953) DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FIN GRE HEB ITA SPA ; composed by Tibor Harsányi.
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- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FIN FRE GRE HEB ITA SPA ; composed by Oscar Blom.
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