Wandrers Nachtlied II

Über allen Gipfeln
ist Ruh,
in allen Wipfeln
spürest du
kaum einen Hauch;
die Vögelein schweigen im Walde,
warte nur, balde
ruhest du auch!

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Wandrers Nachtlied II", 1780

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

by Otto Emanuel Andersson (1879-1969) , "Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh" [voice and piano]
by Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862-1930) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 19 no. 3.
by Gary Bachlund , "Ruhest du auch", 2009. [medium voice and piano], also set in English
by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", published 1928.
by Conrad Baden (1908-1989) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 2 (Eleven Songs for Soprano and Piano) no. 3 (1930-5).
by Alfred Julius Becher (1803-1848) , "Wanderers Nachtlied"
by Hermann Behn (1857?9-1927) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 2 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 4 (189-?)
by Carl Brauns , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 19. [bass, baritone, tenor, alto, contralto, soprano a cappella]
by Leslie Crabtree (1941-) , "Wanderers Nachtlied"
by Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", 1916. [choral, satb]
by E. Draude , "Wandrers Nachtlied"
by Gustav Eggers (1835-1861) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 8 (Zwei Gesänge) no. 2, published 1860. [voice and piano]
by John Fearnley , "Wandrers Nachtlied" [voice and piano], also set in English
by Hans Fleischer (1896-1981) , "Über allen Gipfeln", op. 75 (6 Lieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier) no. 4. [medium voice and piano]
by Fredrik Forsberg (1859-1920) , "Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh" [voice and piano]
by Harald Genzmer (1909-2007) , "Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh", 1940-87, from Acht Lieder nach verschiedenen Dichtern.
by Lene Grenager (1969-) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1999.
by Cor (Cornelius Wilhelm) de Groot (1914-) , "Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh", published 194-?, from 7 Goethe Lieder, no. 5.
by Jonathan Harvey (1939-) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1984. [soprano, piano, and tape]
by Moritz Hauptmann (1792-1868) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 2 (c1840). [SATB]
by S. Herzog , "Wandrers Nachtlied"
by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811-1885) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 129 no. 11 (1827).
by Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954) , "Ilmenau", note: also set in English
by Hugo Kauder (1888-1972) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1932.
by Wilhelm Kempff (1895-1991) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1947.
by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823-1903) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 69 (Vier Gedichte von Goethe) no. 1, published 1882. [men's chorus]
by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793-1832) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", published c1824. [two sopranos, tenor, and bass]
by Daniel Friedrich Rudolph Kuhlau (1786-1832) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1825.
by Huub de Lange (1955-) , "Abendlied", published 2006 [SATB chorus and piano], from Myrte Lieder, no. 4.
by Gabriel Linsén (1838-1914) , "Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh" [voice and piano]
by Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886) , "Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh", S. 306 (1848), rev. 1860?
by Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe (1796-1869) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 9, Heft 1 no. 3a (1817?)
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 6 no. 1 (1904), also set in Russian
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh", 1835.
by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841-1890) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 34 no. 3.
by Heinrich Panofka (1807-1887) , "Wandrers Nachtlied"
by Ernst Pepping (1901-1981) , "Ein Gleiches", 1946, published 1949 [voice and piano], from Haus- und Trostbuch, no. 34.
by Max Reger (1873-1916) , "Abendlied", op. 14 (Fünf Duette) no. 2 (1894).
by Louis Schlottmann (1826-1905) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 44 (10 Goethe'sche Dichtungen) no. 1.
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Wandrers Nachtlied II", subtitle: "Ein Gleiches", op. 96 no. 3, D. 768 (c1823).
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Nachtlied", op. 96 no. 1 (1850).
by Ralph Shapey , "Peace", 1995, stanza 1.
by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774-1850) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1815.
by Oskar Ulmer (1883-1966) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 41 (Drei Lieder) no. 2. [voice and piano]
by Karl Weigl (1881-1949) , "Ein Gleiches", op. 1 (Sieben Gesänge) no. 6 (1903-4), published 1912. [baritone and piano]
by Franz Wüllner (1832-1902) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 5 no. 3.
by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) , "Ruhe", 1814.

by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Nochnaja pesn' strannika", op. 6 no. 1 (1904), also set in German

by Gary Bachlund , "My heart, waiting", 2009. [medium voice and piano], also set in German
by Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954) , "Ilmenau", 1902, note: also set in German

by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) , "Gornyje vershiny"
by Viktor Kalinnikov (1870-1927) , "Gornyje vershiny"
by Aleksandr Vasil'yevich Mosolov (1900-1973) , "Gornyje vershiny"
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Gornyje vershiny", op. 48 (Dvenadcat' du`etov = Twelve duets) no. 5 (1852). [duet for alto and soprano with piano]
by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "Gornyje vershiny", op. 153 no. 6, published 2008 [voice and cello], from Odinokij strannik, no. 6.
by Nikolai Alexeyevich Titov (1800-1875) , "Gornyje vershiny"
by Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov (1801-1848) , "Gornyje vershiny"

by Gwendolyn Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903-1998) , "O'er all the hill-tops", published 1957. [two-part chorus and piano]
by John Fearnley , "Wanderer's night-song" [voice and piano], also set in German
by William Henry Reed (1876-1942) , "Wanderer's Night Song II", published 1902. [partsong or chorus: SATB a cappella]

by Julius Chaloff , "Wanderer's night-song", published 1919. [voice and piano] [see full setting text]

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Over all the treetops is rest

 Over all the treetops
    is rest,
 A gentle breeze
   scarcely stirs their waving crest;
 All the birds are silent
   each in his quiet nest.
 So my heart, waiting,
   soon will rest.

by Harmony Twitchell (Mrs. Charles Ives) (1876-1979)

a text in German by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Wandrers Nachtlied II", 1780 DUT RUS ITA FRE FIN SPA

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

by Gary Bachlund , "My heart, waiting", 2009. [medium voice and piano], also set in German
by Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954) , "Ilmenau", 1902, note: also set in German

Date added to the website: 2003-11-10.