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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Die stille Stadt
Language: German (Deutsch)
Liegt eine Stadt im Tale, ein blasser Tag vergeht; es wird nicht [lange dauern mehr]1, bis weder Mond noch Sterne [nur Nacht]2 am Himmel steht. Von allen Bergen drücken Nebel auf die Stadt; es dringt kein Dach, [nicht]3 Hof noch Haus, kein Laut aus ihrem Rauch heraus, kaum Türme noch und Brücken. [Doch]4 als [den]5 Wandrer graute, da ging ein Lichtlein auf im Grund; und [durch den]6 [Rauch und Nebel]7 begann [ein leiser Lobgesang]8 aus Kindermund.
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2 Thuille: "nur noch Nacht"
3 Müller-Hermann, Thuille: "kein"
4 Pfitzner: "und"
5 Mahler: "der"; Thuille: "dem"
6 Mahler, Müller-Hermann, Thuille: "aus dem"
7 Thuille: "Rauch, dem Nebel"
8 Mahler: "ein Lobgesang"
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jakob Kellner , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
Confirmed with Richard Dehmel Hundert ausgewählte Gedichte, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1909, page 110.
1 Mahler: "lang mehr dauern"2 Thuille: "nur noch Nacht"
3 Müller-Hermann, Thuille: "kein"
4 Pfitzner: "und"
5 Mahler: "der"; Thuille: "dem"
6 Mahler, Müller-Hermann, Thuille: "aus dem"
7 Thuille: "Rauch, dem Nebel"
8 Mahler: "ein Lobgesang"
Text Authorship:
- by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Die stille Stadt" [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 Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Die stille Stadt", op. 90 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published <<1905 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Die stille Stadt", op. 26 (Fünf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Richard Dehmel) no. 4 (1930) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Die stille Stadt", published 1930 [ men's chorus ], from Drei Nocturnes, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Die stille Stadt", op. 72 (Männerchöre) no. 10 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964), "Die stille Stadt", 1900-1?, from Fünf Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878 - 1941), "Die stille Stadt", op. 4 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1904 [ voice and piano ], Wien: Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Die stille Stadt", op. 29 no. 4 (1921) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emma Possanner , "Die stille Stadt" [ voice and piano ], from 21 Lieder, no. 20 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Die stille Stadt", op. 50 (Sechs Gesänge (Six Songs)) no. 5 (1906) [ voice and piano ], also set in Finnish (Suomi) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Suter (1870 - 1926), "Die stille Stadt", op. 12 (3 Lieder für Tenor mit Klavier) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Die stille Stadt", op. 12 (Drei Gesänge) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Die stille Stadt", 1951 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "Die stille Stadt", 1915, published 1950 [ mezzo-soprano, flute, string trio, harp ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Richard Stöhr.
- Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Jean Sibelius.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The silent town", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Hiljainen kaupunki", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La ville calme", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jakob Kellner , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 85
The silent town
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
A town lies in the valley, a pallid day fades; it will not be long now before neither moon nor stars but only [night]1 will be seen in the sky. From all the mountains fog presses down upon the town; no roof may be discerned, no yard nor house, no sound penetrates through the smoke, barely even a tower or a bridge. [But]2 as the traveller became filled with dread a little light shone out; and [through the]3 [smoke and fog]4 [a quiet song]5 of praise began, sung by children.
View original text (without footnotes)
1 Thuille: "alone"
2 Pfitzner: "and"
3 Mahler, Thuille: "from out of the"
4 Thuille: "smoke, the fog"
5 Mahler: "a song"
1 Thuille: "alone"
2 Pfitzner: "and"
3 Mahler, Thuille: "from out of the"
4 Thuille: "smoke, the fog"
5 Mahler: "a song"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Die stille Stadt"
This text was added to the website: 2015-03-04
Line count: 15
Word count: 95