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by Wilhelm Floto (1812 - 1869)

Die Abendglocken rufen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Abendglocken rufen
das weite Tal zur Ruh,
die Herden von den Bergen,
sie ziehn dem Dörfchen zu.
Welch feierliches Schweigen,
die Blumen fromm sich neigen,
sie kommt in ihrer Pracht, 
die stille Nacht.

Da schmücket sich der Himmel
mit Sternen groß und klein,
da kommt der Mond gezogen
in hellem Demantschein.
Wohin ich immer spähe,
fühlt alles deine Nähe,
fühlt alles deine Macht,
o stille Nacht!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Floto (1812 - 1869) [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Die Nacht", op. 186 (Lieder und Chöre für 3 Frauenstimmen mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1862 [ vocal trio of female voices or three-part women's chorus and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Carl or Caspar) Joseph Brambach (1833 - 1902), "Die Nacht", op. 17 (12 dreistimmige Chorlieder für Sopran-, Mezzosopran- und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1871 [ three-part women's chorus and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Die Nacht", op. 93 (Vier Gesänge für gemischten Chor mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1886 [ mixed chorus and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann ; note: Musikalisches Wochenblatt, Volume 17 indicates the poet is Uhland but no poem of his has been discovered yet with this incipit [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hermann Müller (1841 - 1907), "Die Nacht", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1879 [ high voice and piano ], Hamburg, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Baptist Zerlett (1859 - 1935), "O stille Nacht", op. 77, published 1894 [ vocal duet with piano and violin ad libitum ], Baden-Baden, Vix [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-05-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 67

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