Night song (Franz Wilhelm Abt)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-12-30). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 91 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Night song
Composer: Franz Wilhelm Abt
Lyricist: John Troutbeck
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
First published: 1875 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 12, no. 344
Description: Translated from the German of Otto Reinsdorf.
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Original text and translations
English text
1 Darkness rests on wood and meadow,
Perfect peace now reigns supreme;
Yet, with half-forgotten sorrow,
Sings a bird, as in a dream.
Silent night, a gentle warning
To my soul is borne by thee;
I too feel, with blest foreboding,
There is peace awaiting me.
2 Peace, O peace! an eager longing
Fills my poor forsaken heart;
Up to heav'n I gaze, entreating,
While the tears unbidden start.
On my eyelids be thou falling,
Sweet repose, with friendly might,
Send thy dew once more to bless me,
Thou enchanting summer night.