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by (Karl) Ludwig Pfau (1821 - 1894)

Die Erde schloß die Augen zu
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Erde schloß die Augen zu,
Die Sterne halten Wacht,
Und alle Thäler stehn voll Ruh' --
Mein Liebchen, gute Nacht! 

Die Wasser rauschen fort von hier,
Die Lüste ziehn mit Macht;
Sie bringen meine Grüße dir:
Mein Liebchen, gute Nacht! 

Schlaf' süß und wohl, mein fernes Kind! 
Auf deinem Kissen wacht, 
Auf deine Augen sinket lind 
Des Liebsten gute Nacht.

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Text Authorship:

  • by (Karl) Ludwig Pfau (1821 - 1894), "Gute Nacht" [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Die Erde schloss die Augen zu", op. 594 (Dreizehn Lieder und Gesänge für Männerchor) no. 10, published 1882 [ men's chorus ], Schleusingen, Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Bezler (1877 - 1941), "Gute Nacht", published c1930 [ men's chorus ], Göppingen (Württ.): Staufen-Verlag Eugen Huttenlocher [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolf Brenner (1854 - 1927), "Gute Nacht", op. 8 no. 2, Stuttgart: Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Gute Nacht", op. 100 (Neue Gesänge für eine Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 14, published 1862 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart: Cotta'scher Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georg Riemenschneider (1848 - 1913), "Gute Nacht", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 2, Leipzig, E. W.: Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Gute Nacht", op. 28 no. 4, published 1890 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Beliebte Männerchöre, no. 4, Leipzig: Verlag von Martin Oberdörffer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anton Zoller , "Gute Nacht" [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Plochingen: Musikverlag Hilde Löffler [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-09-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 60

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