Vesper

Die Abendglocken klangen
Schon durch das stille Tal,
Da saßen wir zusammen
Da droben wohl hundertmal.

Und unten war's so stille
Im Lande weit und breit,
Nur über uns die Linde
Rauscht' durch die Einsamkeit.

Was gehn die Glocken heute,
Als ob ich weinen müßt'?
Die Glocken, die bedeuten
Daß mein Lieb gestorben ist!

Ich wollt' ich läg begraben,
Und über mir rauschte weit
Die Linde jeden Abend
Von der alten, schönen Zeit.

by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788-1857) , "Vesper", from Totenopfer

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

by Friedrich Niggli (1875-1959) , "Vesper", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1.
by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Vesper", op. 36 no. 11 (1923), from Elegie, no. 11.
by Leone Sinigaglia (1868-1944) , "Vesper", op. 15 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1898.
by Emil Sulzbach (1885-1932) , "Vesper", op. 11 no. 1. [baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano]

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