Beim Schlafengehen

[Nun]1 der Tag mich [müd]2 gemacht,
soll mein sehnliches Verlangen
freundlich die gestirnte Nacht
wie ein müdes Kind empfangen. 

Hände, laßt von allem Tun,
Stirn, vergiß du alles Denken,
alle meine Sinne nun
wollen sich in Schlummer senken. 

Und die Seele unbewacht
will in freien Flügen schweben,
um im Zauberkreis der Nacht
tief und tausendfach zu leben.

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¹ Reichert: "Wenn"
² Lubrich: "still"

Input by John Versmoren

Authorship

by Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) , "Beim Schlafengehen", 1911, published 1911?

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

by Ernst Beckert , "Beim Schlafengehen", 1948-9. [voice and piano]
by Rudolf Brömel (1877-?) , "Beim Schlafengehen", published 1945-8 [voice and piano], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 17.
by Werner Bühler (1904-1968) , "Beim Schlafengehen" [voice and piano], from Lieder für Gesang und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6.
by Richard Czelinski (1901-1969) , "Beim Schlafengehen", 1930. [voice and piano]
by Franz Dietsch (1904-1971) , "Beim Schlafengehen", published 1956 [four-part mixed chorus a cappella], from Wege und Ziel - ein Zyklus von 5 Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4.
by Hans Frank (1901-) , "Beim Schlafengehen", op. 27b, published 1953. [2-part children's chorus or women's chorus and four-part men's chorus a cappella]
by Julius Gessinger (1899-1986) , "Beim Schlafengehen" [four-part mixed chorus with instrumental ensemble ad libitum]
by Julius Gessinger (1899-1986) , "Abendlied", op. 51 (Vier Hesse-Lieder) no. 3 (1951). [baritone and piano or string quartet]
by Richard Gress (1893-1988) , "Beim Schlafengehen", op. 85 no. 3, published 1950. [voice, oboe, and piano]
by Esther Gutknecht , "Beim Schlafengehen", 1944 [voice and piano], from Vier Lieder, no. 3.
by Walther Hecklinger , "Beim Schlafengehen", 1929 [high voice, violin or oboe, and piano or organ], from Hesse-Lieder, no. 7.
by Heinz-Otto Hoffmann (1902-) , "Beim Schlafengehen", 1932-47 [voice and piano], from 21 Lieder, no. 9.
by Hans Kracke (1910-1989) , "Beim Schlafengehen", 1943 [low male voice and piano], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 6.
by Franz Krause (1889-?) , "Beim Schlafengehen", op. 46 no. 3, published 1967 [voice and piano], from Zehn Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 3.
by Nicolaus Kreismann , "Beim Schlafengehen", 1952. [voice and piano]
by Wilhelm Lache , "Beim Schlafengehen", 1949. [voice and piano]
by Fritz Lubrich, Jr. (1888-1971) , "Abend", op. 28 (1962). [five-part mixed chorus a cappella]
by Otto Maurer (1898-1959) , "Beim Schlafengehen" [voice and piano], from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1.
by Helene Maria Petersen-Vietor (1877-?) , "Beim Schlafengehen", op. 14 no. 49, published 1928 [voice and piano], from Von Gott kommt mir eine Freudenlicht - Fünfzig schlichte geistliche Lieder, no. 49.
by Kuno Petsch (1923-1967) , "Beim Schlafengehen", <<1948. [chorus of three equal voices a cappella]
by Ernst Reichert (1901-1958) , "Beim Schlafengehen", published 1957 [high voice and piano], from Sechs Gesänge für hohe Stimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3.
by Heinz Sälter , "Beim Schlafengehen", op. 14 no. 1 (1949) [four-part mixed chorus a cappella], from Fünf Chorsätze und ein Kanon nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1.
by Theresia Schlechtriem (1940-) , "Beim Schlafengehen", published 1979 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Drei Chorlieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1.
by (Christian) Immo Schneider (1935-) , "Beim Schlafengehen", op. 12 no. 11 [medium voice and piano], from Zwölf volkstümliche Gesänge für mittlere Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 11.
by Walter Schulthess (1894-1971) , "Beim Schlafengehen", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1919. [voice and piano]
by Herbert Schultz (1911-) , "Nun der Tag mich müd gemacht", 1959 [four-part men's chorus a cappella], from Im Zauberkreis der Nacht - Drei Männerchöre, no. 1.
by Klaus Sochatzy , "Beim Schlafengehen" [voice and piano], from Sechs ausgewählte Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6.
by Alfred Stier (1880-1968) , "Beim Schlafengehen", 1923 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1.
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864-1949) , "Beim Schlafengehen", WoO. 150 no. 3 (1948), published 1950 [soprano and orchestra], from Vier letzte Lieder, no. 3.
by Bruno Stürmer (1892-1958) , "Beim Schlafengehen", published 1953. [four-part men's chorus a cappella]
by Peter Voelkner , "Beim Schlafengehen", op. 27 no. 2, first performed 1932. [voice and piano]
by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903-1969) , "Beim Schlafengehen", published 1970 [baritone and piano], from Hermann-Hesse-Lieder, no. 6.
by Fried Walter (1907-1996) , "Beim Schlafengehen", 1977 [baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano], from Sechs Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 2.
by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879-1973) , "Beim Schlafengehen", op. 11 no. 3, published 1925 [voice and piano], from Zweiter Liederkreis - 15 Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 3.
by Reinhold Zimmermann , "Abendlied", 1950. [voice and piano]

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "While going to sleep", copyright ©
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , "En allant dormir", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Abel Alamillo Fernández) , "Al irse a dormir", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Francesco Campanella) , "Addormentandosi", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Salvador Pila) , "A l'anar a dormir", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Ved sovetid", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRI Frisian [singable] (Geart van der Meer) , "Slieperstiid", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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