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by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Sel'ge Nacht
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Hungarian (Magyar) 
O sel'ge Nacht
 . . . . . . . . . .

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Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on:

  • a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), "Boldog éjjel..."
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Ludwig Bunger , "Sel'ge Nacht", op. 11 no. 5, published 1887 [tenor and piano], from Liederkranz aus Alex. Petöfi's lyrischen Dichtungen. Sechs Lieder für Tenor mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 5, Pressburg, Heckenast

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl Maria Kertbeny (1824 - 1882) , "Selige Nacht", written 1844, appears in Lieder aus der Fremde: In Beiträgen von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Adolf Elissen, Ferdinand Freiligrath, usw., first published 1857 ; composed by Robert Franz, Johannes Schulze.
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