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by Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750 - 1819)

Schlafe, süßer Knabe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Schlafe, süßer Knabe,
Mir am Busen ein.
Wohl mir, daß ich habe
Dich, mein Bübelein!
Unter diesem Herzen,
Bübchen, trug ich dich;
Hier an diesem Herzen,
Bübchen, säugt' ich dich.

Kühle Weste dringen
In den Busch hinein,
Kleine Vögel singen
Ihre Jungen ein.
Bübchen, es erschallet
Mein Gesang für dich;
Bübchen, es umwallet
Meine Locke dich.

In dem warmen Neste
Liegt das Vöglein weich,
In dem Schirm der Äste,
Unterm Blütenzweig.
Sanfter Schlummer labe
Dich in meinem Arm;
Ruhe, süßer Knabe,
Ruhe weich und warm.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750 - 1819), "Lied für Agnes, ihren Kleinen in Schlaf zu singen", written 1784 [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 Friedrich Burchard Beneken (1760 - 1818), "Wiegenlied", published 1787 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für fühlende Seelen, no. 8, Hannover: in Commission der Schmidtschen Buchhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Christian Kalkbrenner (1755 - 1806), "Wiegenlied" [ voice and piano or harpsichord or organ ], from Arien und Lieder, no. 15, Berlin: in Commissions-Verlag bey Rellstab [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Joseph Kosma (1905 - 1969), "Lied in Schlaf zu singen", published 1788 [ voice and piano or harpsichord or organ ], from Weisen und lyrische Gesänge, no. 6, Flensburg und Leipzig: in den Kortenschen Buchhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Friedrich Ludwig Æmelius Kunzen (1761 - 1817), "Lied im Schlaf zu singen", published 1788 [ voice and piano or organ or harpsichord ], from Weisen und lyrische Gesänge, no. 6, Flensburg und Leipzig: in der Kortensche Buchhandlung, also set in Danish (Dansk) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Friedrich Johann Albrecht Muck (1763 - 1839), "Wiegenlied", published [1793], Leipzig: Gedruckt in der Breitkopfischen notendruckerey [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Schlafe, süsser Knabe", published 1798 [ voice and piano ], from Wiegenlieder für gute deutsche Mütter, no. 5, Leipzig: bey Gerhard Fleischer dem jüngeren [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Knud Lyne Rahbek (1760 - 1830) , "Vuggevise" ; composed by Friedrich Ludwig Æmelius Kunzen.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-20
Line count: 24
Word count: 85

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