Abendlied | Friedlicher Abend senkt sich aufs Gefilde

Friedlicher Abend senkt sich aufs...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Friedlicher Abend senkt sich aufs Gefilde;
Sanft entschlummert Natur, um ihre Züge
Schwebt der Dämmerung zarte Verhüllung, und sie
  Lächelt die Holde;

Lächelt, ein schlummernd Kind in Vaters Armen,
Der voll Liebe zu ihr sich neigt, sein göttlich
Auge weilt auf ihr, und es weht sein Odem 
  Über ihr Antlitz.

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Text Authorship:

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Oden, in Abendbilder, no. 1 [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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Abendlied", op. 69 (Dichtungen von Lenau, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 12, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Abendlied", 1862 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Abendbild", op. 8 (Elf Lieder) no. 2 (1995-6) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gerrit Jan van Eijken (1832 - 1879), "Abendbild", op. 8 (Zwei Gedichte) no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Abendbild", op. posth. 10 (Fünf Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3 (1846), published c1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Der Abend", op. 32 (Fünf Gesänge für Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass und Klavier) no. 1, published 1900 [ SATB quartet and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Abendfriede", op. 140, published 1870 [ ttbb chorus and orchestra ], Schott, Mainz [sung text checked 1 time]
by Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857 - 1929), "Abend" [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with viola and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Theodor Podbertsky (1846 - 1913), "Abendlied", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 2, published 1879 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Köln, P.J. Tonger [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Abendlied", op. 6 (Drei Chöre) no. 3 (1892) [ four-part mixed chorus and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Friedlicher Abend", 1896? [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Heinrich Triest (1808 - 1885), "Ode", op. 5 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Abendbild", op. 20 no. 2, published 1891 [ men's chorus ], from Sechs Gesänge für Männerchor, no. 2, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Abend", op. 6 (Drei Gedichte von Lenau für achtstimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella) no. 1 (1909), published 1912 [ SSAATTBB chorus a cappella ], Wien (Vienna), Universal-Edition [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Friedlicher Abend", from Abendbilder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jules Ruelle (1834 - 1892) ; composed by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.
Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.

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