Wanderers Nachtlied

Der du von [dem Himmel]1 bist,
[Alles Leid]2 und Schmerzen [stillest,]3
Den, der doppelt elend ist,
Doppelt mit [Erquickung füllest,]4
Ach! ich bin des Treibens müde!
[Was soll all der Schmerz und Lust?]5
Süßer Friede,
Komm, ach komm in meine Brust!

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¹ Kirchner: "den Himmeln"
² Rust: "Kummer, Leid"
³ Schubert: "stillst"
⁴ Schubert: "Entzückung füllst"
⁵ Rust: "Bangen Schmerzes, wilder Lust,"; Arnim: "Was soll all der Schmerz, die Lust?"

Authorship

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", 1776

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

by Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862-1930) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 19 no. 2.
by Bettina von Arnim, née Brentano (1785-1859) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1842?
by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847-1907) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 4 (Syv Sange af J. Goethe, H. Heine, E. Geibel) no. 6 (1875), published 1875. [voice and piano]
by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "Der du von dem Himmel bist", published 1928.
by Conrad Baden (1908-1989) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 2 (Eleven Songs for Soprano and Piano) no. 2 (1930-5).
by Catharina Baum (-1876) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder von Göthe [sic] für eine Singstimme mit Klavier) no. 1 [voice and piano], Berlin: Bahn
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820-1867) , "Nachtlied", 1851. [mixed chorus]
by Alfred Julius Becher (1803-1848) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 1 (Acht Gedichte) no. 4, published 1834 [voice and piano], Elberfeld, Betzhold
by Fritz Becker , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 5 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1875 [voice and piano], Schwerin, Goltermann & Pincus
by Hermann Behn (1857?9-1927) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 1, Heft 2 no. 6 (189-?)
by (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich Bellermann (1832-1903) , "Der du von dem Himmel bist", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1866 [voice and piano], Berlin, Trautwein
by G. A. Brandt , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für 1 Mittlerestimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1886 [medium voice and piano], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag
by F. W. Otto Braune , "Der du von dem Himmel bist", published 1836 [alto or bass and piano], from 6 Gesänge für tiefe Stimme, Alt oder Bass, no. 1, Berlin, Trautwein
by Michael Brough (1960-) , "Wandrers Nachtlied I", op. 8 (Elf Lieder) no. 11 (1995-6). [voice and piano]
by Willy Burkhard (1900-1955) , "Der du von dem Himmel bist", 1921/2, from Erste Lieder, no. 5.
by Karl Collan (1828-1871) , "Der du von dem Himmel bist", 1855. [voice and piano]
by Friedrich, Freiherr von Dalberg (1760-1812) , "An den Frieden", c1789/90. [duet]
by Berthold Damcke (1812-1875) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 11 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4.
by Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775-1864) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", c1813/4.
by M. Eckard , "Wanderers Nachtlied"
by H. Elkamp , "Der du von dem Himmel bist", op. 5 (12 Lieder), Heft 1 no. 6, published 1834 [voice and piano], Hamburg, Cranz
by Carl Gottlieb Erfurt (1807-1856) , "Um Frieden", c1829.
by Carl Gottlieb Erfurt (1807-1856) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", from Deutsche Lieder (Zweite Sammlung), no. 6.
by Richard Faltin (1835-1918) , "Der du von dem Himmel bist", 1859. [voice and piano]
by Hans Fleischer (1896-1981) , "Der du von dem Himmel bist", op. 75 (6 Lieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier) no. 3. [medium voice and piano]
by Carl Theodor Flodin (1858-1925) , "Der du von dem Himmel bist", 1899. [voice and piano]
by H. Floto , "Der du vom Himmel bist", published 1875 [voice and piano], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Weimar, Kühn
by Ferdinand Otto von Flotow , "Wanderers Nachtlied", published 1871 [voice and piano], from Lieder, no. 3, Berlin, Challier und Co.
by Ernst Paul Flügel (1844-1912) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 43 (Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1893 [mixed chorus a cappella], Zittau, Loebel
by Theodor Gaugler (1840-1892) , "Wandrers Nachtgebet", op. 23 no. 10, published 1876 [women's chorus or boys' chorus], from Sammlung drei- und vierstimmigen Lieder für Frauenchor (Mädchen- oder ungebrochene Knabenstimme) z. Gebr. in Schule und Verein, no. 10, Binningen, (Kompfe)
by Theodor Gaugler (1840-1892) , "Wanderers Nachtgebet", op. 20 (Fünf Lieder für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor (S., A., T. und B.) im Volkston) no. 4, published 1874 [SATB chorus], Wien, Schreiber
by Harald Genzmer (1909-2007) , "Der du von dem Himmel bist", from Sechs Lieder nach angelsächsischen Dichtern, no. 8.
by Richard von Gericke , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 1 (2 Lieder) no. 1, published 1859 [voice and piano], Hamburg, Fritz Schuberth
by Walter von Goethe (1817-1885) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", published <<1841.
by Hermann (Gustav) Goetz (1840-1876) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6 (1862-3), published 1879 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner
by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848-1906) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", published 1880 [voice and piano], from Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Hannover, Simon
by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848-1906) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", published 1883 [voice and piano], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
by Lene Grenager (1969-) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1999.
by Cor (Cornelius Wilhelm) de Groot (1914-) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", published 194-?, from 7 Goethe Lieder, no. 1.
by A. R. Hellmann , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 2 (7 Lieder) no. 1, published 1853 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843-1900) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 89 no. 3, published 1896 [high voice, violin, and organ], from Vier geistliche Gesänge für eine hohe Stimme mit Begleitung von Violine und Orgel, no. 3, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann
by Alexis Holländer (1840-1924) , "Wanderer's Nachtlied", op. 25 (Sechs Quartette für gemischten Chor a capella) no. 3, published 1875 [mixed chorus a cappella], Berlin, Simrock
by Martin Jacobi (1864-1919) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1894 [voice and piano], Berlin, Paez
by Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns (1809-1888) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 13 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 2, published 1834.
by (Edvard) Armas Järnefelt (1869-1958) , "Der du von dem Himmel bist", 1898. [chorus]
by Théodore Kahle , "Wanderer's Nachtlied", op. 14 (Drei Quartette für S., A., T. und B.) no. 1, published 1876 [SATB quartet a cappella], Berlin, Bahn
by Hugo Kauder (1888-1972) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1932.
by Philipp Christoph Kayser (1755-1823) , "Um Friede", 1777, published 1780. [voice and piano]
by Wilhelm Kempff (1895-1991) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1947.
by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823-1903) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 69 (Vier Gedichte von Goethe) no. 3, published 1882. [men's chorus]
by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793-1832) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 15 (Neun Lieder von Goethe) no. 3, published 1827/32. [voice and piano]
by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793-1832) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 41 (Vier Gedichte von Goethe) no. 1, published 1832. [voice and piano]
by Joseph Klein (1802-1862) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", published 1834 [alto and piano], from Sechs Gesaenge, no. 2.
by M. J. Kremer , "Wanderers Nachtlied" [voice and piano], from the collection Ausgewählte Lieder, no. 11, self-published, no date ; note: each song has a title page showing "M. J. Kremer" as the composer, but at the top of each song, it says "J. N. Kremer"
by Theobald Kretschmann (1850-1919) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", published 1880 [voice and piano], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Wien, (Buchholz & Diebel Sort.)
by Julius Lammers (1829-1888) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 6 (Zehn Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1877 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kahnt
by Lenhuk , "Wanderers Nachtlied", published <<1815 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Gedichte von Goethe und Schiller, no. 3.
by Leopold Lenz (1803-1862) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 5 (Sieben Gesänge) no. 7. [bass and piano]
by Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886) , "Der du von dem Himmel bist", S. 279 (1842), published 1843, rev. 1856, rev. 1860.
by Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe (1796-1869) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 9, Heft 1 no. 3b (1828).
by Joseph Marx (1882-1964) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", 1906.
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Wanderers Nachtlied I", op. 15 no. 1 (1908), from 12 Goethe-Lieder, no. 1.
by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855-1933) , "Wanderers Nachtlied"
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", 1825.
by Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905-1988) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", 1927.
by Heinrich Meyer , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 6 (Neun Lieder) no. 3, published 1878 [soprano or tenor and piano], Offenbach, André
by Charles Mikuli (1819-1897) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 27 (Sieben Lieder) no. 4.
by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841-1890) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 34 no. 2.
by Franz Otto (1809-1842) , "Wand'rers Nachtlied", op. 6 no. 1 [men's vocal quartet a cappella], from Sechs Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen, no. 1.
by Ernst Pepping (1901-1981) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1946, published 1949 [voice and piano], from Haus- und Trostbuch, no. 33.
by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869-1949) , "Wanderers Nachtlied II", op. 40 (6 Lieder) no. 5 (1931).
by Ferdinand Pfohl (1862-1949) , "Süßer Friede"
by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822-1882) , "Wandrers Nachtlied"
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", published 1794.
by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839-1901) , "Wandrers Nachtlied"
by Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739-1796) , "Lied", <<1781, published 1784 [voice and piano], from Oden und Lieder aus den besten deutschen Dichtern, Erste Sammlung, no. 7.
by Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856-1938) , "Wandrers Nachtlied"
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Wanderers Nachtlied I", op. 4 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, D. 224 (1815). [voice and piano]
by Max Staegemann (1843-1905) , "Der du von dem Himmel bist", published 1875 [voice and piano], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Dresden, Hoffarth
by Eduard Steuermann (1892-1964) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1931, from Drei Lieder, no. ?
by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774-1850) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 58 (Gedichte von Goethe: VI) no. 4 (1815).
by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852-1916) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", published 1890 [duet for soprano and tenor with piano], from Sechs Duette für Sopran und Tenor mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Hofmeister
by Karl Weigl (1881-1949) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 1 (Sieben Gesänge) no. 5 (1903-4), published 1912. [baritone and piano]
by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", 1887, published 1888 [voice and piano], from Sechs Gedichte von Scheffel, Mörike, Goethe and Kerner, no. 5.
by Philip Wolfrum (1854-1919) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 16 no. 5 (1885?)
by Erich Zeisl (1905-1959) , "Wanderers Nachtlied", 1931 [baritone and piano], unpublished
by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1807.
by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 27 (Twelve songs: for soprano and piano) no. 12 (1937?8), published c1978 [soprano and piano], Hillsdale, N.Y. : Mobart Music Publications, also set in English
by Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905-1963) , "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1941 [female voice and piano or orchestra], orchestrated 1960, from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe, no. 10.

by Joseph Kaufer (1909-) , "Thou that from the heavens art", published 1951 [voice and piano], from The Man with the Hoe and Other Songs, no. ?
by William Henry Reed (1876-1942) , "Wanderer's Night Song I", published 1902. [partsong or chorus: satb chorus a cappella]

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

by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) , "The wanderer's night song", op. 27 (Twelve songs: for soprano and piano) no. 12 (1937/8), published c1978 [soprano and piano], Hillsdale, N.Y. : Mobart Music Publications, also set in German

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "You who are from heaven", copyright ©
ITA Italian (Vittorio Fellegara) , "Canto del viandante notturno", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Trekkers nachtlied", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canto notturno del viandante II", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "The wanderer's night-song", published 1853
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chant de nuit du voyageur I", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRL Friulian (Ermes Culos) , "Tu ch'i ti vèns dal paradìs", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Lewis Grenville) , "La cancion nocturna del caminante", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "O thou who from heaven art"

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