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Wie hast du mich so müde gemacht, O Tag, mit deiner leuchtenden Pracht, Mit deiner Farben buntem Schein, Mit deinen rauschenden Melodei'n. Willkommen, o Nacht, und decke du, Die Erde mit deinem Schleier zu. Laß schwinden die Farben, die Töne verweh'n, Laß alles Leben um mich vergehn, Und lasse mich träumen, allein mit dir, Vom leuchtenden Himmel, hoch über mir. [Willkommen, o Nacht, und decke du, Die Erde mit deinem Schleier zu.]1
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Authorship
- by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Gruß an die 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 Johann Hermann Berens (1826 - 1880), "Gruß an die Nacht", op. 15 (Lieder und Gesänge), Heft 2 no. 6, published [1851] [ voice and piano ], Hamburg : Niemeyer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by C. Fehland , "Gruss an die Nacht", op. 8 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Bauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by M. (R.?) Hälbmayr , "Gruss an die Nacht", published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Hannover, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Gruss an die Nacht", op. 111 (12 Lieder für eine Altstimme) no. 1, published 1864 [ alto and piano ], Bremen, Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850 - 1927), "Gruß an die Nacht", op. 7 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1 (1875), published 1878 [ soprano and piano ], Berlin, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Metzdorff (1844 - 1919), "Gruss an die Nacht", op. 38 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Bauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Friedrich Wilhelm Reissmann (1825 - 1903), "Gruss an die Nacht", op. 37 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Berlin, Erler [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Greeting to the night", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 72
How tired you have made me, Oh day, with your shining splendour, With the many-hued shining of your colours, With your soughing melodies. Welcome, oh night, and cover The earth with your veil. Let the colours fade, the sounds dissipate, Let all life around me wither away, And let me dream, alone with you, Of the shining heavens high above me, Welcome, oh night, and cover The earth with your veil.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Gruß an die Nacht"
This text was added to the website: 2010-05-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 71