Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4 (Johannes Brahms)
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Original voicing and instrumentation
CPDL #20061: Capella
- Editor: Juliane Claudi (submitted 2009-08-27). Score information: A4, 1 page, 17 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: solo voice & piano
CPDL #17492:
- Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-10). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 125 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central.
Arrangements
CPDL #16765:
- Editor: Arjen Bax (submitted 2008-05-01). Score information: A4, 1 page, 44 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: arr. for SSA
- Editor: Jose Miguel Galan (submitted 2004-01-14). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 75 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Spanish choral arrangement for Solo voice and SATB by Jose Miguel Galán
- Note: Under Partituras look for Otras Épocas and click on link 'Orden Alfabéttico' then search alphabetically by title under Canción de Cuna.
- Editor: Eva Toller (submitted 2001-05-08). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Arrangement by Eva Toller for SATB, midi files available for each part
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- CPDL #3683:
- Editor: Marco-cipoo.net (submitted 2002-06-18). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: File removed from external site for copyright reasons.
General Information
Title: Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4 [Lullaby] (Guten Abend, gut’ Nacht)
Work: Fünf Lieder, Op. 49 [Five Songs]
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Lyricists:
- 1st stanza in ‘Des Knaben Wunderhorn’ III (1808), appendix ‘Kinderlieder’: ‘Gute Nacht, mein Kind!’; also in ‘Kinderlieder. Reime, Sprüche und Abzählverse’ (1848) by Karl Joseph Simrock
- 2nd stanza by Georg Scherer (1849)
Number of voices: 1–5vv Voicings: Solo medium, SATB w/o Solo medium, and SSA
Genre: Secular, Lied
Language: German
Instruments: Piano, arrangements for a cappella
Published: November 1868; Berlin: Simrock’sche Musikhandlung
Description:
External websites:
- Scanned score of the first print from Brahms Institute at the University of Music Lübeck (Germany)
- Gateway to German Lieder (Google books) with english translation and IPA transcription
Original text and translations
German text
Guten Abend, gut’ Nacht, 1 Ives: „im“ |
English translation
Rest thee, darling, good night, alternate English translation: | |
Spanish translation
Buenas noches mi amor |
Italian translation |
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