by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif
Schlummerlose Nächte
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): FRE
Legt mir unters Haupt Melissen, Meine Träume sind so wild. Ihrer Grabesnacht entrissen Schwebt vielleicht ihr süßes Bild Über mein verödet Kissen. Legt mir unters Haupt Melissen, Meine Träume sind so wild.
Authorship:
- by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, "Schlummerlose Nächte", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Schlummerlose Nächte", 1904-5 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 25 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nuits sans sommeil", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Peter Donderwinkel
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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