Confirmed with Peter Huchel, Gesammelte Werke in zwei Bänden, Herausgegeben von Axel Vieregg, Band I Die Gedichte, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1984, page 93.

Text Authorship:

• by Peter Huchel (1903 - 1981), "Von Nacht übergraut", appears in Die Sternenreuse, copyright © [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 Gottfried von Einem (1918 - 1996), "Von Nacht übergraut", op. 73 no. 8 (1982-3), first performed 1985 [ medium voice and piano ], from 12 Tag- und Nachtlieder, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Covered with night's grey", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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