Frühlingsnacht - (2011) ![](images/01_Little_Green_Dot.gif)
Max Bernstein
for baritone and piano
Die Welt ist schlafen gangen,
Still ist's in Busch und Baum
Wo erst die Vöglein sangen:
Gute Nacht und süßen Traum!
Viel tausend goldene Sterne
Strahlen im ewigen Raum.
Sie grüßen aus der Ferne:
Gute Nacht und süßen Traum!
Ruh aus von deinen Mühen!
Du schläfst, und ahnst es kaum --
Morgen wird's überall blühen.
Gute Nacht und süßen Traum!
[ 2 pages, circa 2' 00" ]
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The world has gone to sleep.
It is now quiet in bush and tree,
Where the little birds were only just singing:
Good night and sweet dreams.
Thousands of golden stars
Sparkle in eternal space.
They greet us from the distance:
Good night and sweet dreams.
Rest from your labours!
You sleep and scarcely realize it --
Tomorrow it will be blossoming everywhere.
Good night and sweet dreams!
Translation from German to English copyright © 2008 by Sharon Krebs, reprinted on this website with kind permission.
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The sonorous depths of the accompaniment play out in the softest of dynamics, as the voice intones the nighttime wish and prayer. The form is a simple ABA song form, the center verse in gentle contrast to the outlying verses. At the final cadence, polytonality sprinkles a touch of fairy dust into the sleeper's eyes.
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The score for Frühlingsnacht is available as a free PDF download, though any major commercial performance or recording of the work is prohibited without prior arrangement with the composer. Click on the graphic below for this piano-vocal score.
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Frühlingsnacht
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