by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
Stars of the summer night!
Language: English
Our translations: CHI
Stars of the summer night! Far in yon azure deeps, Hide, hide your golden light! She sleeps, my lady sleeps! Moon of the summer night! Far down yon western steeps, Sink, sink in silver light! She sleeps, my lady sleeps! Wind of the summer night! Where yonder woodbine creeps, Fold, fold thy pinions light! She sleeps, my lady sleeps! Dreams of the summer night! Tell her, her lover keeps watch! While in slumbers light She sleeps, my lady sleeps!
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Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), no title, appears in The Spanish Student, Act 1, Scene 3, first published 1843 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Solon Alberti (b. 1889), "My lady sleeps", published 1937 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "Stars of the summer night", c1882 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "My lady sleeps", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], London : Reid Bros. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johan Amberg (1846 - 1914), "Serenade", published 1913 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Stars of the summer night" [ voice and piano ], initials E. A. B., from Two Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Percy Lee Atherton (1871 - 1944), "Stars of the summer night", op. 20 (Four songs) no. 3, published 1903 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Auld , "Stars of the summer night", published 1936 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benjamin Franklin Baker (1811 - 1889), "Stars of the summer night", published 1844 [ TTBB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert F. Baksa (b. 1938), "Serenade: Stars of the summer night", op. 39, published 1977 [ satb chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870), "Stars of the summer night" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Florence Newell Barbour (1867 - 1946), "Stars of the summer night", published 1910 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leonard Barnes , "Preciosa" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George John Bennett (1863 - 1930), "Stars of the summer night", published 1893 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Blockley (1800 - 1882), "Stars of the summer night" [ vocal duet with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Boott (1813 - 1904), "Stars of the summer night", published 1857 [ voice and piano ], from Florence, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Callis Brydson (b. 1900), "Stars of the summer night", published 1949 [ partsong for SA chorus ], in Francis & Day's Unison and Part Songs, no. 101 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emily B. Calcott , "Stars of the summer night" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sidney R. Cole (1865 - 1937), "Stars of the summer night", published 1909 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by C. H. Compton , "Stars of the summer night", published >>1857 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederic Hymen Cowen, Sir (1852 - 1935), "My lady sleeps", published 1892 [ tenor and piano ], from Longfellow's Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ellen G. Cutler , "Stars of the summer night", published c1858 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Alfred Dicks , "She sleeps, my lady sleeps", published 1904 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ellen Dickson (1819 - 1878), as Dolores, "She sleeps, my lady sleepeth!", published 1854 [ voice and piano ], She sleeps, my lady sleeps! [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Frederick Dunhill (1877 - 1946), "The summer night" [ SSA trio and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Spanish serenade", op. 23, published 1912 [ SATB chorus, 2 violins, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Augusta FitzClarence (1803 - 1865), as Mrs. Kennedy-Erskine, "My lady sleeps" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Stars of the summer night", alternate title: "Serenade", published 1879 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harvey Bartlett Gaul (1881 - 1945), "Stars of the summer night", published 1905 [ partsong for satb chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stephen Ralph Glover (1812 - 1870), "Stars of the summer night", published >>1856 [ duet for voices and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bartle Grant , "Stars of the summer night" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Frederick Harvey , "Stars of the summer night" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Liptrot Hatton (1809 - 1886), "Stars of the summer night", 1869 [ chorus ], partsong [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Beach Hawley (1858 - 1915), "Dreams of the summer night", published 1908 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Muriel Emily Herbert (1897 - 1984), "Stars of the summer night ", published c1921 [ voice and piano ], Glasgow: Paterson Sons & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Heuser , "Stars of the summer night", published 1873 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Hiles (1826 - 1904), "A serenade", published c1890, from Six songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Laurence Hime (b. 1823), "My lady sleeps" [ partsong: satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fred H. Huntley , "Stars of the summer night", published 1933 [ men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter W. Inglis , "Stars of the summer night" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by D. G. Johns , "My lady sleeps", published 1883 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Harper Kearton (1848 - ?), "Stars of the summer night" [ duet with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Kleber , "Stars of the summer night", published 1846 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lee G. Kratz , "Stars of the summer night", published 1895 [ TTBB quartet a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Stars of the summer night" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maria Lindsay (flourished 1855-1875), "Stars of the summer night" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur William Marchant (1850 - ?), "Stars of the summer night" [ partsong for 2-part women's voices and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George W. Marston (1840 - 1901), "My lady sleeps", published 1977 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elizabeth Masson (1806 - 1865), "Stars of the summer night" [ duet for voices and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry Alexander Matthews (1879 - 1973), "A serenade", published 1906 [ SSA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugh McGarity , "Stars of the summer night", published 1952 [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles J. Merz , "Stars of the summer night", published 1857 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Edwin Mitchell , "My lady sleeps" [ partsong for satb chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ann Sheppard Mounsey (1811 - 1891), "Stars of the summer night" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ann Sheppard Mounsey (1811 - 1891), as Ann Sheppard Bartholomew, "Stars of the Summer Night", published 1860 [ voice and piano ], London : J. Williams [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "Stars of the summer night", published 1887 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by ? Oswald, Madame , "Stars of the summer night" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Davidson Palmer (flourished 1885), "Stars of the summer night" [ voice, piano, and violin ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Bickford Pasmore (1857 - 1944), "Stars of the summer night", published 1886 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Humphries Pease (1838 - 1882), "Stars of the summer night", published 1865 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Callahan Perkins (1823 - 1886), "Stars of the summer night" [ medium voice and piano ], also set in French (translation by Ch. Monselet) [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Oscar Perkins (1831 - 1902), "Stars of the summer night", published 1896 [ SSAA quartet a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henrietta M. Radford , "My lady sleeps" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by P. A. Rivarde , "Mandolina", published 1867 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lucy A. Sandford , "Stars of the summer night", published 1849 [ voice and piano ], also published as a duet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank N. Shepperd , "Stars of the summer night", published 1888 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Thomas Smart (1813 - 1879), "Stars of the summer night", published 1895 [ SATB chorus or SATB quartet and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Spawnforth , "Stars of the summer night" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William F. Sudds (1843 - 1920), "Stars of the summer night", published 1883 [ satb chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Dreams of the summer night", published 188-? [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Berthold Tours (1838 - 1897), "Stars of the summer night", published >>1872 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary Travers , "Stars of the summer night" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martinus Van Gelder (b. 1854), "Spanish serenade", published 1882 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Walker (1870 - 1949), "Stars of the summer night", published 1903 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Henry Walthew (1872 - 1951), "Stars of the summer night", published 1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. L. Webster, Mrs. , "My lady sleeps", published 1849 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oscar Weil (1839? - 1921), "Stars of the summer night", published 1874 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Joseph) Milton Wellings (1850 - ?), "Stars of the summer night", published c1880 [ duet for voices and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "Stars of the summer night", published 1958 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Ebenezer West (1863 - 1929), "Stars of the summer night", published 1893 [ SSA trio and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Augustus White , "Stars of the summer night", published 1915 [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otis R. White , "A summer night serenade", published 1892 [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. Williams , "My lady sleeps", op. 2, published 1890 [ partsong: TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. B. Willis , "My lady sleeps" [ women's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by O. W. Withington , "Stars of the summer night", published 1843 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ermanno Wolf Ferrari (1876 - 1948), "Stars of the summer night" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Isaac Baker Woodbury (1819 - 1858), "Stars of the summer night" [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. Zanetti , "Stars of the summer night" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
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