Night Song at Amalfi

I asked the heaven of stars
 What I should give my love --
It answered me with silence,
 Silence above.

I asked the darkened sea
 Down where the fishers go --
It answered me with silence,
 Silence below.

Oh, I could give him weeping,
 Or I could give him song --
But how can I give silence
 My whole life long?

by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) , "Night Song at Amalfi", from Rivers to the Sea, in Vignettes Overseas, no. 5, published 1915

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

by Alice Barnett (1886-1975) , "Night Song at Amalfi", published 1919 [high voice, piano], from Four Songs
by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867-1944) , "Night Song at Amalfi", op. 78 (Three Songs) no. 2, published 1917 [voice, piano], from Songs
by Harry Alexander Matthews (1879-1973) , "Night Song at Amalfi", published 1950. [voice, piano]
by Harry Alexander Matthews (1879-1973) , "Night Song at Amalfi", published 1949. [SSA, piano]
by Charles Naginski (1909-1940) , "Night Song at Amalfi", published 1942 [medium voice and piano], from Four songs, no. ?
by Wintter Watts (1884-1962) , "Night Song at Amalfi", published 1919 [high voice, piano], from Vignettes Overseas, no. 4.
by David H. Williams (1919-) , "Night Song" [part song for TB]

by Harald Genzmer (1909-2007) , "Nachts bei Amalfi", 1990 [soprano and piano], from Sechs Lieder nach angelsächsischen Dichtern, no. 2.

Date added to the website: 2004-05-07.

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