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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Bertram Kottmann
Es gibt so wunderweiße Nächte
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Es gibt so [wunderweiße]1 Nächte, drin alle Dinge Silber sind. Da schimmert mancher Stern so lind, als ob er fromme Hirten brächte zu einem neuen Jesuskind. Weit wie mit dichtem Diamantenstaube bestreut, erscheinen Flur und Flut, und in die Herzen, traumgemut, steigt ein kapellenloser Glaube, der leise seine Wunder tut.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Traumgekrönt, in Träumen, 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 Georg Friedrich Alms (1878 - 1972), "Es gibt so wunderweiße Nächte", from 2 Adventslieder, no. 1, Nachlaß in der Schleswig Holsteinischen Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Zoltan Barabas (b. 1965), "Es gibt so wunderweiße Nächte" [ voice, harp, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann (Hans) Bauernfeind (1908 - 1985), "Es gibt so wunderweiße Nächte", published 1933 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 1, Wien, Leipzig : Europäischer Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann (Hans) Bauernfeind (1908 - 1985), "Es gibt so wunderweiße Nächte", published 1933 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder , no. 1, Wien, Leipzig : Europäischer Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fidelio Friedrich Finke (1891 - 1968), "Es gibt so wunderweiße Nächte...", published 1931 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 2, Wien, Leipzig : Universal-Edition [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siegfried Fournes (1896 - 1932), "Es gibt so wunderweiße Nächte", copyright © 1978 [ voice and piano ], from Gesamtausgabe der Lieder von Siegfried Fournes, no. 8, Steinkirchen : G. Fournes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albrecht Haaf (b. 1953), "Wunderweiße Nächte", copyright © 2014 [ mixed chorus, flute and piano ], from Wunderweiße Nächte, no. 2, Schott Music [sung text not yet checked]
- by Berthold Kloss (b. 1958), "Es gibt so wunderweiße Nächte…", 2007 [ voice and piano ], from Der Weihnachtsliederbär, In; Stefan Gros, Christoph Heimbucher, Berthold Kloß, "Der Weihnachtsliederbär", Kassel : Bärenreiter-Verlag, 2007 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Traumgekrönt", 1910, published 1912 [ high voice and piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, II. Folge, Nr.25 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jörg Ernst Weigand (b. 1940), "Wunderweiße Nächte", published 2023 [ voice and piano ], from Traumtage, p.machinery [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eric Weisheit (b. 1987), "Es gibt so wunderweiße Nächte", 2018 [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry Ziems , "Es gibt so wunderweiße Nächte", from Der Jahreskreis, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Crowned with dreams", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Couronné de rêves", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-08
Line count: 10
Word count: 51
Crowned with dreams
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
There are those nights of white and wonder wherein all has a silver shine, with many a gleaming star - a sign as though to guide the shepherds yonder towards a new infant divine. Widespread, as under diamond layers, appear both meadows and the sea, and in the hearts in dreamlike glee a faith ascends, that needs no prayers, performing wonders silently.
Text Authorship:
- by Bertram Kottmann , "Crowned with dreams", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Traumgekrönt, in Träumen, no. 21
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), "Crowned with dreams", 2012 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-06
Line count: 10
Word count: 61