possibly by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887)
Gute Nacht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Gute Nacht und sanfte Ruh sei euch Lieben nun beschieden, schließt getrost die Augen zu, schlafet all' in Gottes Friesen, dessen Auge für euch wacht, gute Nacht! Gute Nacht, schlaf Herz auch du, wiege dich in süßen Schlummer und vergiß in sel'ger Ruh allen Gram und allen Kummer, den du wachend dir gemacht, gute Nacht! Gute Nacht, mag Gottes Hut jeden Müden sanft umschweben, der in Schlafes Armen ruht, bis ihm neu mit lichtem Leben Gottes Morgen wiederlacht, gute Nacht!
Note: the original text assigned to this melody may have been by Heinrich Elmenhorst. Later (it is not known when), the words of a Wilhelm Osterwald were given to the melody, but it is not known for certain that it is the same Wilhelm Osterwald mentioned below.
Researcher for this page: Peter Donderwinkel
Authorship:
- possibly by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887) [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 Johann Wolfgang Franck (c1644 - 1710), "Gute Nacht" [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Peter Donderwinkel
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 80