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Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht

Language: German

Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht,
Das Leben ist der schwüle Tag.
Es dunkelt schon, mich schläfert,
Der Tag hat mich müd gemacht.

Über mein Bett erhebt sich ein Baum,
Drin singt die junge Nachtigall;
Sie singt von lauter Liebe -
Ich hör es sogar im Traum.



Translation(s): ENG ENG SWE ENG FRE ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FIN ITA FRE ENG

Authorship

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

This text (or a part of it) is used in a work Set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , title unknown ITA FRE FIN SWE FRE [text unavailable]
    * by Paul Ambrose , "A dream", op. 12 no. 3, published 1898.
Set in Swedish, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , title unknown ENG ITA FRE FIN ENG FRE [text unavailable] Set in English, a translation by A. Davenport , title unknown ITA FRE FIN SWE FRE [text unavailable] Set in French, a translation by Maurice Dufresne , title unknown ENG ITA FIN ENG SWE [text unavailable] Set in English, a translation by Henry Grafton Chapman (1860-1913) , title unknown ITA FRE FIN SWE FRE [text unavailable]
    * by Theodore Paxson , "Ah, Death the cooling Night shall be", published 1937.
Set in English, a translation by Louise Bogan (1897-1970) , title unknown ITA FRE FIN SWE FRE [text unavailable]
    * by David Rakowski , "From Heine, Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht (Death is the tranquil night)", published 1995 [soprano, clarinet, bass clarinet, viola, violoncello and contrabass], from A loose gathering of words, no. ?
Set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , title unknown ITA FRE FIN SWE FRE [text unavailable] Set in English, adapted by by J. Snodgrass , "Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht", from Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, pages 122-123, published 1887 ITA FRE FIN SWE FRE Set in English, a translation by Theodore Martin, Sir, KCB KCVO (1816-1909) , "Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht" ITA FRE FIN SWE FRE
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
    * ENG English (Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman) , "Death is the cool night", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
    * ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , title unknown, from Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, published 1881
    * FIN Finnish (Milla Valkeasuo) , "Kuolema on kylmä yö", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
    * ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La morte è una notte fresca", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
    * FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , title unknown, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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