by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
Translation Singable translation by Melanie Guttman
Das schlafende Kind
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Melanie Guttman
Based on:
- a text in English by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "The child asleep", appears in Voices of the Night, first published 1839 [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) possibly by Marguerite-Éléonore Clotilde de Vallon-Chalys, dame de Surville (flourished 15th century)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arnold D. Volpé , "Das schlafende Kind", published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], also set in English
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