Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen (Heine, set by William Arthur Aikin, Armand Angyal, Heinrich Bauer, Wilhelm Baumgartner, Jürg Baur, Alfred Julius Becher, Eduard Behm, Fritz Binder, Johannes Brahms, Robert Caby, Wilhelm Claussen, Hermann Drechsler, Christian Friedrich Ehrlich, Hans Fleischer, Gerald M. Ginsburg, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, J. von Harder, Ludwig Hartmann, Édouard de Hartog, Lennart Hedwall, Robert Hermann, Adolf Jensen, Julius Hermann Krigar, Ernst Kullak, Franz Paul Lachner, Max Mayer, Arnold Mendelssohn, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Léonard Pieter Joseph Michielsen, John H. Powell, Väinö Raitio, Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl, Otto Schmidt, H. R. Schröder, Korstiaan Stougie, Josef Sucher, Heinrich Triest, Johann Vesque von Püttlingen, Mikhail Yur'yevich Viel'gorsky, Bouke Visser, Karl Weigl, Hugo Weisgall, Healey Willan) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE

Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen,
Krankes Herz und müde Glieder; -
Ach, da fließt, wie stiller Segen,
Süßer Mond, dein Licht hernieder;

Süßer Mond, mit deinen Strahlen
Scheuchest du das nächt'ge Grauen;
Es zerrinnen meine Qualen,
Und die Augen übertauen.

About the headline (FAQ)

Note: first included in Rheinische Flora, no. 12

Authorship

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 86, first published 1826/7 [author's text not yet checked 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 William Arthur Aikin (1857 - 1939), "Nachtlied", published 1880, also set in English [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Armand Angyal , "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 41 (Vier Gesänge) no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Heinrich Bauer , "Tröstung", published 1897 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 20 (Zehn Lieder), Heft 1 no. 2 (1857) [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Jürg Baur (b. 1918), "Mondenschein", first performed 2006 [mezzo-soprano and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Alfred Julius Becher (1803 - 1848), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 1 (Acht Gedichte) no. 3, published 1834 [voice and piano], Elberfeld, Betzhold [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Eduard Behm (1862 - 1946), "Nachts", op. 10 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1896 [voice and piano], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Fritz Binder , "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Mondenschein", op. 85 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 (1878), published 1882 [high voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen" [voice, clarinet, oboe], from In mein gar zu dunkles Leben (Au sein de ma sombre vie: cinq lieder de Henri Heine), no. 4 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Wilhelm Claussen (1843 - 1869), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder von H. Heine, für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1874 [alto and piano], Leipzig, Siegel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Hermann Drechsler (1861 - 1935), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 16 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Christian Friedrich Ehrlich (1807 - 1887), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 132 (6 Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier) no. 3 (1947) [medium voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Gerald M. Ginsburg (b. 1932), "Süßer Mond", 2001, published c2003, from Aus Schmerzen zu Lieder, no. 13 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", A. 5 (c1905-9), published 1909 [low voice and piano], from Five German Poems, no. 3, also set in English [ sung text checked 1 time]
by J. von Harder , "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 14, published 1874 [baritone or alto and piano], Offenbach, André [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Ludwig Hartmann (1836 - 1910), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 2 (Lieder) no. 4 [low voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Édouard de Hartog (1829 - 1909), "Mondnacht", from Sieben Lieder, no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Lennart Hedwall (b. 1932), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen" [mezzo-soprano and clarinet], from Heine-Svit : Fem sånger, no. 5 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Robert Hermann (1869 - 1912), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 1 (Zwölf kleine Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 12, published 1893 [medium voice and piano], Offenbach, André [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Nacht liegt auf fremden Wegen", 1857 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Julius Hermann Krigar (1819 - 1880), "Nachtlied", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 1 no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Ernst Kullak (1855 - 1914), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 15 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "An den Mond", op. 33, Heft 1 no. 2, from Sängerfahrt : sechzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Max Mayer (1859 - 1931), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 14 (Fünfzehn Lieder) no. 11 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", from Lieder und Gesänge, no. 53 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Nacht", 1828, unpublished [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Léonard Pieter Joseph Michielsen (1872 - 1944), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", published 19-?, from Drei Lieder, no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by John H. Powell (1882 - 1963), "Mondfriede", op. 18 (Two songs) no. 1, published 1924 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Väinö Raitio (1891 - 1945), "Nachtliedchen", 1912, unpublished [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl (1823 - 1897), "Mondnacht", published 1877, from 35 neue Lieder für das Haus, no. 9 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Otto Schmidt , "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 20 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1884 [medium voice and piano], Berlin, Schlesinger [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by H. R. Schröder , "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", from Fünf Lieder von H. Heine, no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Nacht liegt", op. 1 no. 91 (1947) [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Josef Sucher (1843 - 1908), "Nachts", from Leid und Liebe : Liederzyklus, no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Heinrich Triest (1808 - 1885), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", op. 1 (Lieder) no. 4 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Mondnacht", op. 44, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 86 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Mikhail Yur'yevich Viel'gorsky (1788 - 1856), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", published 1852 [duet for 2 sopranos with piano], from Sechs Lieder von Heine, no. 5 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Bouke Visser , "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", published 1930 [high voice and piano], from Lieder auf Gedichte von Heinrich Heine, no. 3, also set in Frisian [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", 1904, published 1909?, from 5 Lieder v. Heinr. Heine, no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Hugo Weisgall (b. 1912), "Süsser Mond", 1929, published 1933 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by (James) Healey Willan (1880 - 1968), "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", published 1908 [voice and piano], from Three Songs, no. 2, also set in English [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist DUT FRE ; composed by William Arthur Aikin.
Also set in English, a translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) , "Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 122, first published 1887 DUT FRE ; composed by Frank Bridge, Arnold Trowell, Healey Willan.
Also set in English, a translation by Henry Grafton Chapman (1860 - 1913) DUT FRE ; composed by Charles Tomlinson Griffes.
Also set in Frisian, a translation by B. Smilde DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE ; composed by Bouke Visser.

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

ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

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