Tod und Schlaf (Joseph Haydn)

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• (Posted 2016-01-12)  CPDL #38151:           

Editor: Tulipo Petressian (submitted 2016-01-12).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 48 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: the capella and pdf files are the basic piece, the audio files give a SATB rendering. Source: autograph, univ. library darmstadt, as found on IMSLP.

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Title: Tod und Schlaf, Hob XXVIIb:21
Composer: Joseph Haydn
Lyricist: Friedrich von Logau

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: 4 equal voices
Genre: Secular, Canon

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

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External websites:

• Tod und Schlaf (Joseph Haydn) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

Original text and translations

German text

Tod ist ein langer Schlaf,
Schlaf ist ein kurzer, kurzer Tod,
Die Not, die lindert der, und jener tilgt die Not.
Tod ist ein langer Schlaf.