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Auf braunen Sammetschuhen geht der Abend durch das müde Land, sein weiter Mantel wallt und weht, und Schlummer fällt von seiner Hand. Mit stiller Fackel steckt er nun der Sterne treue Kerzen an. Sei ruhig, Herz! Das Dunkel kann dir nun kein Leid mehr tun.
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Text Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Der Abend", appears in Ich und die Welt [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 Walter John Alexander Freymann (1866 - 1945), "Der Abend", 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Herzenslieder, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinz Holliger (b. 1939), "Der Abend", 1956/7, rev. 2003 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 2, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Der Abend", op. 28 no. 5 (1898) [ soli, mixed chorus, and orchestra or piano ], from Sommerabend, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Der Abend", 1928, from 13 Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Der Abend", op. 11 no. 5 (1933-4) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Auf braunen Sammetschuhen", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1934), published c1977 [ soprano and piano ], Hillsdale, N. Y. : Mobart Music Publications [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "On brown velvet shoes", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "The evening", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le soir", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 45
On russet velvet shoes he goes, the evening, roams the weary land, loose is his cloak, it flows and blows, and slumber falls out of his hand. With his still torch he lights anew the faithful candles of the stars. Be calm, my heart, now that he bars the dark from harming you!
Note for stanza 1, line 4: Alternative: "and slumber trickles from his hand."
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2007 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Der Abend", appears in Ich und die Welt
This text was added to the website: 2007-11-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 53