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by (Johann) Gottfried Kinkel (1815 - 1882)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Es ist so still geworden
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es ist [so]1 still geworden, Verrauscht des Abends Wehn, Nun hört man aller Orten Der [Engel]2 Füße gehn, Rings in die [Thale]3 senket Sich Finsterniß mit Macht -- Wirf ab, Herz, was dich kränket Und was dir bange macht! Es ruht die Welt [im]4 Schweigen, Ihr Tosen ist vorbei, Stumm ihrer Freude Reigen Und stumm ihr Schmerzenschrei. Hat Rosen sie geschenket, Hat Dornen sie gebracht -- Wirf ab, Herz, was dich kränket Und was dir bange macht! Und hast du heut gefehlet, O [schaue nicht]5 zurück; Empfinde dich beseelet Von freier Gnade Glück. Auch des Verirrten denket Der Hirt auf hoher Wacht -- Wirf ab, Herz, was dich kranket Und was dir bange macht! Nun stehn im Himmelskreise Die Stern' in Majestät; In gleichem festem Gleise Der goldne Wagen geht. Und gleich den [Sternen]6 lenket Er deinen Weg durch Nacht -- Wirf ab, Herz, was dich kränket, Und was dir bange macht!
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• H. Esser • F. Hiller • L. Le Beau • E. Ohlsen • R. Schumann • W. TaubertR. Schumann sets stanzas 1, 4
F. Hiller sets stanzas 1-2, 4
H. Esser sets stanza 1
W. Taubert sets stanzas 1, 3-4
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed wtih Gedichte von Gottfried Kinkel, Erster Band, Siebente Auflage, Stuttgart, Verlag der J. F. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1872, pages 191-192.
1 Blumner: "nun" (Musikalien-catalog von Heinrichshofen's Verlag in Magdeburg); further changes may exist not shown above2 Taubert: "Eng'lein"
3 Ohlsen: "Thäler"; Schumann: "Tiefe"
4 Ohlsen: "in"
5 Taubert: "schau' nicht trüb"
6 Ohlsen: "Stürmen" (the score is almost certainly erroneous)
Text Authorship:
- by (Johann) Gottfried Kinkel (1815 - 1882), "Ein geistlich Abendlied", appears in Gedichte, in Auf der Wanderschaft, no. 7 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Max Alexander , "Ein geistlich Abendlied", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Kompositionen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Charlottenburg, Alexander [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Abendlied", op. 11 (Vier Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor)) no. 3, published 1862 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Magnus Böhme (1827 - 1898), "Abendlied", op. 31 (Fünf Lieder für Männerchor) no. 1, published 1891 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Carl or Caspar) Joseph Brambach (1833 - 1902), "Abendlied", op. 36 (Sechs Gesänge für Männerchor), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1876 [ men's chorus ], Bonn: Cohen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Hermann Dietrich (1829 - 1908), "Ein geistliches Abendlied", op. 18 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 6, published 1875 [ four-part men's chorus ], Bremen, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oskar Dittrich , "Abendlied", published 1886 [ mixed chorus ], from Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor, no. 6, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernesto Drangosch (1882 - 1925), "Ein geistlich' Abendlied", op. 19 no. 3 (1915) [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder - Trois mélodies, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Abendlied", op. 37 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 5, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. vom Ende , "Ein geistlich Abendlied", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1895 [ mixed chorus ], Köln, vom Ende [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Ein geistlich Abendlied", op. 63 (6 Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor & Bass) no. 6, published [1861], stanza 1 [ SATB chorus ], Mainz: Schott; only one stanza appears in the score but others could definitely be added [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "Es ist so still geworden", op. 29 (Geistliche Lieder, Heft I) no. 2, published 1891/2 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Klinner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard August Grell (1800 - 1886), "Abendlied", op. 82 (Drei Lieder für vier gemischte Stimme (Solo oder Chor) no. 2, published 1886 [ mixed chorus ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Hagemann (b. 1863), "Es ist so still geworden", op. 5 (3 Lieder für Männerchor) no. 2, published 1897 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Köln, vom Ende [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Hartung , "Abendlied", op. 7 (Drei Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Heiser (1816 - 1897), "Ein geistlich Abendlied", op. 125, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff, in Die musikalische Welt: Monatshefte ausgewählter Compositionen unserer Zeit [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Ein geistliches Abendlied", op. 71 no. 5, published [1858], stanzas 1-2,4 [ SATB chorus ], from Sechs geistliche Gesänge für gemischten Chor, no. 5, Leipzig, C.F.W. Siegel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858), op. 18 (Sechs Lieder) no. ?, published 1843 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Bedřich Kittl (1806 - 1868), "Ein geistlich Abendlied", op. 53 (Sechs zweistimmige Gesänge) no. 2, published 1860 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruno Oscar Klein (1858 - 1911), "Abendlied", op. 36 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 6, published 1890 [ mixed chorus ], Leipzig, A.P. Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Ein geistlich Abendlied", op. 84 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850 - 1927), "Ein geistlich Abendlied", op. 9 (5 Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 5, published 1879 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Köln, P.J. Tonger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Lies (1869 - 1955), "Ein geistlich Abendlied", op. 15 (Lieder und Balladen für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 4, published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], Arnheim, Noske [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Lührss (1824 - 1882), "Abendlied", op. 34 (Sechs Chorlieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 2, published 1862 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Kitzner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Methfessel (1811 - 1886), "Ein geistlich Abendlied", op. 17 (Sechs Gesänge für gemischten Chor (oder Quartett)) no. 3, published 1874 [ mixed chorus or vocal quartet ], Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
- by C. Mühlfeld , "Es ist so still geworden", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1886 [ high voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Abendlied", op. 61 (Acht Lieder für gemischten Chor), Heft 2 no. 6, published 1873 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: C. F. W. Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Ohlsen (1860 - 1943), "Abendlied", op. 17a [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Putsch , "Geistliches Abendlied", op. 15 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1884 [ alto and piano ], Berlin, Sulzbach [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Ein geistliches Abendlied", op. 50 (1854) [ tenor, chorus, and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Riccius , "Ein geistlich Abendlied", op. 20 (Vier Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1883 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Rosenfeld (1849 - 1909), "Abendlied", op. 16 no. 5, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Lieder, no. 5, Hamburg, Thiemer [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Schultz , "Abendlied", published 1875 [ low voice and piano ], Lübeck, Kaibel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Abendlied", op. 107 (Sechs Gesänge für Singstimme und Klavier) no. 6 (1851), published 1852, stanzas 1,4 [ voice and piano ], Cassel, Luckhardt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Sturm (1842 - 1922), "Geistliches Abendlied", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Alt oder Baritonstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Dresden, Brauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Abendlied", op. 151 (6 Gesänge für tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1866, stanzas 1,3-4 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Ulrich , "Geistliches Abendlied", op. 8 (Fünf Lieder für tiefere weibliche Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1855 [ female voice and piano ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Willvonseder , "Ein geistlich Abendlied", published <<1862 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6, Krems, Löhner [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Avondlied", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Evening song", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant du soir", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 148
Evening song
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
It has [become so]1 quiet. The evening breeze has rustled itself out. Now one hears everywhere The footsteps of the angels. All around darkness sinks Powerfully into the [valleys]2; Cast off, heart, what grieves you And what makes you anxious! The world rests in silence, Its turbulence is past, Its roundelay of joy is mute, And mute its cry of pain; Whether it provided roses, Whether it brought thorns, Cast off, heart, what grieves you And what makes you anxious! And if today you erred, Oh do not look back; Feel yourself animated By the good fortune of free grace. The shepherd upon his watch on high Thinks also of the lost one-- Cast off, heart, what grieves you And what makes you anxious! Now all about the heavens The stars stand in majesty. Along the old, firm pathway The golden carriage [the moon] is travelling. And like the stars, it directs Your way through the night. Cast off, heart, what grieves you And what makes you anxious!
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Translated titles:
"Ein geistlich Abendlied" = "A sacred evening song"
"Ein geistliches Abendlied" = "A sacred evening song"
"Abendlied" = "Evening song"
"Geistliches Abendlied" = "Sacred evening song"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by (Johann) Gottfried Kinkel (1815 - 1882), "Ein geistlich Abendlied", appears in Gedichte, in Auf der Wanderschaft, no. 7
This text was added to the website: 2008-09-03
Line count: 32
Word count: 168