Wandrers Nachtgebet (Carl Maria von Weber)

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for male choir

• (Posted 2011-08-22)  CPDL #24210:       

Editor: Klaus Breuninger (submitted 2011-08-22).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 25 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• (Posted 2007-08-09)  CPDL #14702:        (Finale 2002)

Editor: Benoît Huwart (submitted 2007-08-09).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 159 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

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for boys or female choir

• (Posted 2019-07-22)  CPDL #54850:     

Editor: Nikolaus Hold (submitted 2019-07-22).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 61 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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General Information

Title: Wandrers Nachtgebet
Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
Lyricist: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: TTBB or SSAA
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: ca. 1820
    2nd published: 1863 in Sammlung von Volksgesängen für den Männerchor (Ignaz Heim), no. 195
    3rd published: 1867 in Das Rütli, no. 102
    4th published: 1869 in Sammlung von Volksgesängen für Knaben, Mädchen und Frauen, no. 198, p. 336
    5th published: 1902 in Concordia, no. 5.05
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German text

Der du von dem Himmel bist,
Alle Freud und Schmerzen stillest,
Den, der doppelt elend ist,
Doppelt mit Erquickung füllest;
Ach, ich bin des Treibens müde!
Was soll all die Qual und Lust?
Süßer Friede,
Komm, ach komm in meine Brust!