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In verschwiegener Nacht Hab' ich deiner gedacht Und mit sehnendem Gruß Dich gegrüßet. Hab' geweint und gelacht In der heimlichen Nacht Und mit [seligem]1 Kuß Dich geküsset. Als das Morgenlicht kam Und die Träume mir nahm, Hab' ich einsam die Wonne Gebüßet.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Einundzwanzigst Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1905, page 37.
1 Courvoisier: "sehnendem"Text Authorship:
- by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "In verschwiegener Nacht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 21 [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 Arthur Olaf Andersen (1880 - 1958), "In verschwiegener Nacht", published 1908 [ high voice and piano ], from Two songs, no. 2, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Berta Bock (1857 - 1945), "In verschwiegener Nacht", op. 9 no. 3, published c1910 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Fritz Schuberth Jr. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "In verschwiegener Nacht", op. 21 (Fünf Lieder im ernsten Ton) no. 5 (1907/9) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Cormann (1871 - 1963), "In verschwiegener Nacht", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Rost [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931), "In verschwiegener Nacht", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1903-4) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Hans Fährmann (1860 - 1940), "In verschwiegener Nacht", op. 32 (Zehn kleine Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1906 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, (Junne.) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "In verschwiegener Nacht hab' ich deiner gedacht", op. 74 (Fünf Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolph Ganz (1877 - 1972), "In verschwiegener Nacht", op. 2 no. 3, published 1908 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "In verschwiegener Nacht", published 1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 1, from Zwölf Lieder von Anna Ritter für eine Mittelstimme (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Leipzig: Hofmeister (1909 - Zwölf Lieder); Bryn Mawr, PA: Hildegard Publishing Company (1998 - Sieben Lieder) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lili Hutterstrasser-Scheidl (1882 - 1942), as Lio Hans, "In verschwiegener Nacht", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Wien: Ludwig Doblinger (Bernhard Herzmansky) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "In verschwiegener Nacht", op. 63 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léo Kok (1893 - 1992), "In verschwiegener Nacht", copyright © 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Liebeslieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pieter Molenbroek , "In verschwiegener Nacht", published 1929 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Anna Ritter, no. 4, München: Halbreiter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "In verschwiegener Nacht", 1898 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Edwin Schneider ; composed by Arthur Olaf Andersen.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dans la nuit discrète", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 42
In the silent night I thought of you And with a yearning greeting I greeted you. I wept and I laughed In the secret night And with a [blissful]1 kiss I kissed you. When the morning light came And took my dreams away, I paid the price for such bliss In solitude.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"In verschwiegener Nacht hab' ich deiner gedacht" = "In the silent night I thought of you"
"In verschwiegener Nacht" = "In the silent night"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 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 Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "In verschwiegener Nacht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 21
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 52