Die Mitternacht war kalt und stumm | Die Mitternacht war kalt und stumm

Die Mitternacht war kalt und stumm

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CHI ENG FRE

Die Mitternacht war [kalt]¹ und stumm;
Ich irrte klagend im Wald herum.
Ich habe die Bäum aus dem Schlaf gerüttelt;
Sie haben mitleidig die Köpfe geschüttelt.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 165.

¹ Gus: "so kalt"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 61 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Die Mitternacht war kalt und stumm", published c2004, from Das Schwanenlied: sieben Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert (1868 - 1928), "Die Mitternacht war kalt" [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Max J. L. Gus , "Mitternacht", published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung (Heft 1), no. 9, Wiesbaden, Wolff [sung text not yet checked]
by Lennart Hedwall (b. 1932), "Die Mitternacht war kalt", 1952-4 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Die Mitternacht war kalt: Duett", published 1993 [ 2 sopranos a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Hermann (1869 - 1912), "Die Mitternacht", op. 1 (Zwölf kleine Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
by P. G. Kulikowskii , "Die Mitternacht war kalt und stumm", op. 19 (Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Um Mitternacht", op. 96 (Sängerfahrt : achtzehn Lieder), Heft 2 no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Um Mitternacht", from Zwei Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Mohaupt (1854 - 1916), "Die Mitternacht war kalt und stumm", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Prag, Weiner [sung text not yet checked]
by Apolinary Scheluta (1884 - 1966), "Die Mitternacht", op. 12 (Buch der Lieder : von Heinrich Heine) no. 4, published 1909? [sung text not yet checked]
by Joel Weiss , "Die Mitternacht war kalt und stumm", 2016 [ voice and piano ], from Heine Lieder, no. 17 [sung text checked 1 time]
by H. Zwicky , "Traumbild", op. 6 (Vier Lieder), Heft 1 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in Basque (Euskara), a translation by Arregui ; composed by Pablo Sorozábal.
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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov.
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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , no title ; composed by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov.
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Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by Pablo Sorozábal (1897 - 1988) ; composed by Pablo Sorozábal.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 61, first published 1827

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