Stars of the summer night

Stars of the summer night!
Far in yon azure deeps,
Hide, hide your golden light!
  She sleeps, my lady sleeps!

Moon of the summer night!
Far down yon western steeps,
Sink, sink in silver light!
  She sleeps, my lady sleeps!

Wind of the summer night!
Where yonder woodbine creeps,
Fold, fold thy pinions light!
  She sleeps, my lady sleeps!

Dreams of the summer night!
Tell her, her lover keeps watch!
While in slumbers light
  She sleeps, my lady sleeps!

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) , no title, from The Spanish Student, Act 1, Scene 3, published 1843

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Solon Alberti (1889-) , "My lady sleeps", published 1937.
by Johan Amberg (1846-1914) , "Serenade", published 1913. [medium voice and piano]
by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Stars of the summer night" [voice and piano], initials E. A. B., from Two Songs
by Percy Lee Atherton (1871-1944) , "Stars of the summer night", op. 20 (Four songs) no. 3, published 1903. [medium voice and piano]
by John Auld , "Stars of the summer night", published 1936. [voice and piano]
by Benjamin Franklin Baker (1811-1889) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1844. [TTBB and piano]
by Robert F. Baksa (1938-) , "Serenade: Stars of the summer night", op. 39, published 1977. [SATB and piano]
by Michael William Balfe (1808-1870) , "Stars of the summer night" [voice and piano]
by Florence Newell Barbour (1867-1946) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1910. [voice and piano]
by Leonard Barnes , "Preciosa" [voice and piano]
by Ann Sheppard Bartholomew, née Mounsey (1811-1891) , "Stars of the summer night" [voice and piano]
by George John Bennett (1863-1930) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1893. [voice and piano]
by John Blockley (1800-1882) , "Stars of the summer night" [duet: voices and piano]
by Francis Boott (1813-1904) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1857. [voice and piano]
by John Callis Brydson (1900-) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1949 [partsong for SA], from Francis & Day's Unison and Part Songs, no. 101
by Emily B. Calcott , "Stars of the summer night" [voice and piano]
by Sidney R. Cole (1865-1937) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1909. [voice and piano]
by C. H. Compton , "Stars of the summer night", published >>1857. [voice and piano]
by Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935) , "My lady sleeps", published 1892 [tenor and piano], from Longfellow's Songs
by Ellen G. Cutler , "Stars of the summer night", published c1858.
by Ernest Alfred Dicks , "She sleeps, my lady sleeps", published 1904. [voice and piano]
by Thomas Frederick Dunhill (1877-1946) , "The summer night" [SSA trio and piano]
by Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) , "Spanish serenade", op. 23, published 1912. [SATB chorus, two violins, piano]
by Mrs. Kennedy Erskine , "My lady sleeps" [voice and piano]
by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854-1927) , "Stars of the summer night", alternate title: "Serenade", published 1879.
by Harvey Bartlett Gaul (1881-1945) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1905. [partsong for SATB and piano]
by Stephen Ralph Glover (1812-1870) , "Stars of the summer night", published >>1856. [duet for voices and piano]
by Bartle Grant , "Stars of the summer night" [voice and piano]
by Richard Frederick Harvey , "Stars of the summer night" [voice and piano]
by John Liptrot Hatton (1809-1886) , "Stars of the summer night", 1869. [partsong]
by Charles Beach Hawley (1858-1915) , "Dreams of the summer night", published 1908. [voice and piano]
by Carl Heuser , "Stars of the summer night", published 1873. [voice and piano]
by Henry Hiles (1826-1904) , "A serenade", published c1890, from Six songs
by Edward Laurence Hime (1823-) , "My lady sleeps" [partsong: SATB a cappella]
by Fred H. Huntley , "Stars of the summer night", published 1933. [men's chorus a cappella]
by Walter W. Inglis , "Stars of the summer night" [voice and piano]
by D. G. Johns , "My lady sleeps", published 1883.
by Joseph Harper Kearton (1848-?) , "Stars of the summer night" [duet with piano]
by Henry Kleber , "Stars of the summer night", published 1846. [voice and piano]
by Lee G. Kratz , "Stars of the summer night", published 1895. [TTBB quartet a cappella]
by Eduard Lassen (1830-1904) , "Stars of the summer night" [voice and piano]
by Maria Lindsay , "Stars of the summer night" [voice and piano]
by Arthur William Marchant (1850-?) , "Stars of the summer night" [partsong for two-part women's voices and piano]
by George W. Marston (1840-1901) , "My lady sleeps", published 1977. [high voice and piano]
by Elizabeth Masson (1806-1865) , "Stars of the summer night" [duet for voices and piano]
by Harry Alexander Matthews (1879-1973) , "A serenade", published 1906. [SSA chorus and piano]
by Hugh McGarity , "Stars of the summer night", published 1952. [SATB chorus and piano]
by Charles J. Merz , "Stars of the summer night", published 1857.
by Ernest Edwin Mitchell , "My lady sleeps" [partsong for SATB and piano]
by Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1887. [voice and piano]
by Madame Oswald , "Stars of the summer night" [voice and piano]
by Edward Davidson Palmer (fl. 1885) , "Stars of the summer night" [voice, piano, and violin ad libitum]
by Henry Bickford Pasmore (1857-1944) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1886. [voice and piano]
by Alfred Humphries (or Humphreys) Pease (1838-1882) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1865. [medium voice and piano]
by Charles Callahan Perkins (1823-1886) , "Stars of the summer night" [medium voice and piano], also set in French (translation by Ch. Monselet)
by William Oscar Perkins (1831-1902) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1896. [SSAA quartet a cappella]
by Henrietta M. Radford , "My lady sleeps" [voice and piano]
by P. A. Rivarde , "Mandolina", published 1867. [medium voice and piano]
by Lucy A. Sandford , "Stars of the summer night", published 1849 [voice and piano], also published as a duet
by Frank N. Shepperd , "Stars of the summer night", published 1888.
by Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1895. [SATB chorus or quartet and piano]
by J. Spawnforth , "Stars of the summer night" [voice and piano]
by William F. Sudds (1843-1920) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1883. [SATB and piano]
by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) , "Dreams of the summer night", published 188-? [voice and piano]
by Berthold Tours (1838-1897) , "Stars of the summer night", published >>1872. [voice and piano]
by Mary Travers , "Stars of the summer night" [voice and piano]
by Martinus Van Gelder , "Spanish serenade", published 1882.
by Ernest Walker (1870-1949) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1903. [voice and piano]
by Richard N. Walthew , "Stars of the summer night", published 1905. [voice and piano]
by Mrs. E. L. Webster , "My lady sleeps", published 1849. [voice and piano]
by Oscar Weil (1839?-1921) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1874. [voice and piano]
by (Joseph) Milton Wellings (1850-?) , "Stars of the summer night", published c1880. [duet for voices and piano]
by Rudolph Werther (1896-?) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1958. [voice and piano]
by John Ebenezer West (1863-1929) , "Stars of the summer night", published 1893. [SSA trio and piano]
by Charles A. White , "Stars of the summer night", published 1915. [men's chorus]
by Otis R. White , "A summer night serenade", published 1892.
by W. Williams , "My lady sleeps", op. 2, published 1890. [partsong: TTBB a cappella]
by H. B. Willis , "My lady sleeps" [women's chorus]
by O. W. Withington , "Stars of the summer night", published 1843. [voice and piano]
by Ermanno Wolf Ferrari (1876-1948) , "Stars of the summer night"
by Isaac Baker Woodbury (1819-1858) , "Stars of the summer night"
by E. Zanetti , "Stars of the summer night" [voice and piano]

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