by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Louise Bogan (1897 - 1970)

From Heine, Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht (Death is the tranquil night)
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Death is the tranquil night
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by David Rakowski , "From Heine, Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht (Death is the tranquil night)", published 1995 [ soprano, clarinet, bass clarinet, viola, violoncello and contrabass ], from A loose gathering of words

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Paul Ambrose.
  • Also set in English, a translation by A. Davenport ; composed by Edward Baxter Felton.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Henry Grafton Chapman (1860 - 1913) ; composed by Theodore Paxson.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Nancy Hayes Van de Vate.
  • 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 ; 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" ; composed by Frances Allitsen, née Bumpus.
  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Maurice Dufresne (d. 1953) ; composed by Tibor Harsányi.
  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , no title ; composed by Konstantin Petrovich Vil'boa.
  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) , no title ; composed by G. A. Goldenberg.
  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vasili Ivanovich Krasov (1810 - 1854) , "Из Гейне" ; composed by Arseny Nikolayevich Koreshchenko.
  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Vladimir Alekseyevich Senilov.
  • Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Oscar Blom.

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