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Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Werke und Briefe. Kritische Ausgabe, herausgegeben von Norbert Oellers, Heinze Rölleke und Itta Shedletzky, Band 1 Gedichte, bearbeitet von Karl Jürgen Skrodzki unter Mitarbeit von Norbert Oellers, Frankfurt am Main: Jüdischer Verlag im Suhrkamp Verlag, 1996, page 110.

Text Authorship:

• by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Heimlich zur Nacht", appears in Die Nächte Tino von Bagdads, first published 1907 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Heimlich zur Nacht", 2016 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Peter Bares (1936 - 2014), "Heimlich zur Nacht", op. 382 (1964), first performed 1964 [ baritone and harp ], from Lieder zur Harfe, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wendelin Bitzan (b. 1982), "Heimlich zur Nacht", 2010 [ voice, horn, cello, harp ], from Herzlaub. Drei Liebesgedichte für Stimme, Horn, Violoncello und Harfe, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sibylle Friz (b. 1966), "Heimlich zur Nacht", 2016, first performed 2017 [ 2 voices, cello, bass guitar, synthesizer ], from Komm zu mir in der Nacht... Zwölf Lieder für zwei Stimmen, Violoncello, Elektrobass und Loopstation, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Lutz-Werner Hesse (b. 1955), "Ich habe dich gewählt", op. 82 no. 5 (2019), first performed 2019 [ reciter, mezzo-soprano, chorus, orchestra ], from »Ich habe dich gewählt...« Symphonisches Gedicht Nr. 2 für Sprecher, Mezzosopran, Chor und großes Orchester, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Andreas Peer Kähler , "Heimlich zur Nacht", 1994, from Meer ohne Strand. Drei Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (b. 1965), "Heimlich zur Nacht", op. 217 no. 2 (2020), first performed 2021 [ soprano, 2 pianos, percussion ], from »Das blaue Klavier«. Rundfunkoper, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Steffen Reinhold (b. 1967), "Heimlich zur Nacht", 1997, first performed 1997 [ female voice and flute ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Heimlich zur Nacht", op. 26a no. 17 [ voice and piano ], from Else Lasker-Schüler Zyklus , no. 17, Book III -- Dir [sung text not yet checked]
• by Peter-Michael Riehm (1947 - 2007), "Heimlich zur Nacht", 1974-1976 [ soprano and piano ], from Sieben Lieder »Es ist ein Weinen in der Welt« für Sopran und Klavier, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Michael Gregor Scholl (b. 1964), "Heimlich zur Nacht", 1986-1988 [ mezzo-soprano, violin, clarinet, prepared piano ], from Über glitzernden Kies. Ein Sternentraum für Mezzosopran, Violine, Clarinetten und prepariertes Pianoforte, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Thomas F. Schubert (b. 1961), "Heimlich zur Nacht" [ soprano and orchestra ], from . . . eine Traumzeit von tausend Jahren. Gesänge für Sopran und Orchester, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Lothar Voigtländer (b. 1943), "Ich habe dich gewählt", 2009, first performed 2010 [ medium voice and piano ], from Else-Lasker-Schüler-Lieder für mittlere Stimme (Alt/Mezzo) und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Heimlich zur Nacht", 1978 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Secrètement à la nuit", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text was added to the website: 2012-11-09
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