Nachtgesang (Franz Xaver Chwatal)

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  • (Posted 2018-08-28)  CPDL #51041:     
Editor: Nikolaus Hold (submitted 2018-08-28).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 53 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
Edition notes: From Regensburger Liederkranz. English text included from Heart songs, Boston, Chapple Pub. Co. 1909.

General Information

Title: Nachtgesang
Composer: Franz Xaver Chwatal
Lyricist: Louis Sievertcreate page

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: TTBB

Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1863 in Regensburger Liederkranz, no. 73
    2nd published: 1863 in Sammlung von Volksgesängen für den Männerchor (Ignaz Heim), no. 205
    3rd published: 1902 in Concordia, no. 3.05
Description: IMSLP has a edition with French text, titled: Hymne à la nuit.

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Original text and translations

German.png German text

Nacht, o Nacht, du heil'ge Nacht,
breitest deinen Friedensschleier
über Wiese, Wald und Weiher,
wehest süße, süße Ruh'
liebend allen Müden zu.

Nacht, o Nacht, du heil'ge Nacht,
hebest uns in Traumgebilden
auf zu schöneren Gefilden,
leitest lächelnd uns zum Glück,
kehrten nie doch wir zurück!

Nacht, o Nacht, du heil'ge Nacht,
lass auch jetzt in deinem Arme
ruhen mich nach langem Harme;
webe Liebchen hold und mild,
tröstend in mein Traumgebild!

English.png English translation

Lovely night! O lovely night,
spreading over hill and meadow
soft an slow thy hazy shadow,
soon our wearied eyelids close,
slumber in thy blest repose.

Lovely night! O lovely night,
placing brighter worlds before us,
happiness thou sheddest o'er us,
o that we might ne'er return
this dull earth, to weep and mourn.