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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Nun schlaf' in kühler Erde
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nun schlaf' in kühler Erde, 
Du liebes, liebes Kind! 
Dich rief zu seiner Heerde
Dein Hirte treu gesinnt.
  Ob's anders wir gedacht,
  Er hat es wohl gemacht,
Ade, zu tausend guter Nacht! 

Nun schlaf' in süßem Frieden, 
Erlöst von jeder Pein;
Ach, mußt' es auch hienieden 
So bald geschieden sein! 
  Ei welche Lust und Pracht
  Dir nunmehr droben lacht! 
Ade, zu tausend guter Nacht! 

Nun schlaf' ohn' allen Kummer,
Von keinem Weh erschreckt,
Bis wieder aus dem Schlummer 
Dich Jesus Christ erweckt.
  Dein Gräblein ist gemacht,
  Dein Erdenlauf vollbracht,
Ade, zu tausend guter Nacht!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), no title, appears in Kreuz- und Trostlieder [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Letzter Abschied (Am Grabe)", op. 364b (13 Lieder und Gesänge für Männerchor) no. 5, published 1869 [ men's chorus ], Schleusingen, Glaser; note: we have added the letter 'b' to this opus because it was used earlier in the same year by a different publisher [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Aloys Theodor Commer (1813 - 1887), "Lied auf des Kindes Tod", op. 65 (Zwanzig Lieder für Fr. Oser, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein'sche Buchhandlung [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-05-10
Line count: 21
Word count: 94

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