Gelassen stieg die Nacht an's Land

[Gelassen]1 stieg die Nacht an's Land,
lehnt träumend an der Berge Wand,
ihr Auge sieht die goldne Wage nun 
der Zeit in gleichen Schalen stille ruhn;
und [kecker]2 rauschen die Quellen hervor,
sie singen der Mutter, der Nacht, in's Ohr
vom Tage, vom heute gewesenen Tage.

Das uralt alte Schlummerlied,
sie achtet's nicht, sie ist es müd';
ihr klingt des Himmels Bläue süßer noch,
der flüchtgen Stunden gleichgeschwung'nes Joch.
Doch immer behalten die Quellen das Wort,
es singen die Wasser im Schlafe noch fort
vom Tage, vom heute gewesenen Tage.

by Eduard Mörike (1804-1875)

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

by Helmut Barbe (1927-) , "Um Mitternacht", 1999, published 2000 [mixed chorus and harp], from Gedanken über die Zeit, no. 4.
by Wilhelm Bein (1883-1966) , "Um Mitternacht" [men's chorus]
by Gottfried Bohnnblust (1883-1960) , "Um Mitternacht"
by Max Bruch (1838-1920) , "Um Mitternacht", op. 59 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1, published 1892 [baritone and piano], Brüssel, Schott
by Hugo Distler (1908-1942) , "Um Mitternacht", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 1 no. 10 (1939). [choral]
by Heimo Erbse (1924-) , "Um Mitternacht", op. 17 (3 Mörike-Lieder) no. 2, published 1959. [voice and piano]
by Klaus Fischbach (1935-) , "Um Mitternacht" [mixed chorus a cappella or with four woodwinds], from So im Vorüberwehn, no. 4.
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Um Mitternacht", op. 28 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6.
by Detlev Glanert (1960-) , "Um Mitternacht", 2003/4, published 2004, first performed 2004 [tenor, mixed chorus, and orchestra], from Mörike-Kantate, no. 1.
by Josef Peter Heinzer (1935-) , "Um Mitternacht", 1996/7 [soprano or alto, violin, violoncello, and piano], from 2 Lieder nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike, no. 2.
by Thomas Hennig (1964-) , "Um Mitternacht", 1992/3 [soprano and piano], from Neun kurze Lieder nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike, no. 9.
by Tobias Hiller (1966-) , "Um Mitternacht", 2004 [mixed chorus a cappella], from Musikalische Mörike-Kommentare, no. 3.
by Werner (Erich) Josten (1885-1963) , "Mitternacht", published 191-? [voice and piano]
by Peter Jona Korn (1922-) , "Um Mitternacht", op. 24 no. 2 (1954), published 1964 [medium voice and piano], from Der Pfarrer von Cleversulzbach, no. 2.
by Roland Leistner-Mayer (1945-) , "Um Mitternacht", op. 69 no. 6 (1991), published 2001 [chorus a cappella], from Ein Lebenstag, no. 6.
by Gerhard Rabe (1944-) , "Um Mitternacht", published 2003 [mixed chorus a cappella or with chamber orchestra or piano], from Flücht'ge Stunden, no. 5.
by Günter Raphael (1903-1960) , "Um Mitternacht", 1943. [six-part mixed chorus a cappella]
by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839-1901) , "Um Mitternacht", op. 31 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1870. [mixed chorus]
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Um Mitternacht", op. 62 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4 (1861). [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Manfred Schlenker (1926-) , "Um Mitternacht", published 2002.
by Manfred Schlenker (1926-) , "Um Mitternacht", published 2005 [choral], from Sechs Mörike-Chorlieder, no. 6.
by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Um Mitternacht", 1888, from Mörike-Lieder, no. 19.
by Franz Zebinger (1946-) , "Um Mitternacht", 2001. [eight-part mixed chorus]
by Max Zenger (1837-1911) , "Um Mitternacht", op. 49 (Sieben fünfstimmige Chorgesänge) no. 5, published 1886. [SSATB chorus a cappella]

by Michael Ostrzyga (1975-) , "Um Mitternacht", 2002/4 [SSAATTBB chorus a cappella], from Three Mörike Lieder, no. 3.

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