Night song (Josef Rheinberger)
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- (Posted 2017-03-23) CPDL #43719:
- Editor: Nikolaus Hold (submitted 2017-03-23). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 62 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: Transposed to F major to make it easier to read (it is not an original anyway). MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- CPDL #21803: Pdf, Midi, Xml and Capella files available
- Editor: Christoph Lahme (submitted 2010-06-16). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 43 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: See also IMSLP
General Information
Title: Night Song
Composer: Josef Rheinberger
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: This is a sacred version of Rheinberger's 'Nachtgesang' (Liebesgarten, Op.80. No. 5). The Arranger is Irving Emerson (born 1842).
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Original text and translations
English text
1 The way is long and dreary,
The path is bleak and bare;
Our feet are worn and weary,
But we will not despair;
More heavy was Thy burden,
More desolate Thy way,
O Lamb of God, who takest the sins of the world away,
Have mercy upon us, and give us Thy peace.
2 The snows lie thick around us,
In the dark and gloomy night;
And the tempest wails above us,
And the stars have hid their light;
But blacker was the darkness
Round Calvary's Cross that day,
O Lamb of God, who takest the sins of the world away,
Have mercy upon us, and give us Thy peace.
3 Our hearts are faint with sorrow,
Heavy and sad to bear;
For we dread the bitter morrow,
But we will not despair;
Thou knowest all our anguish,
And Thou wilt bid it cease;
O Lamb of God, who takest the sins of the world away,
Have mercy upon us, and give us Thy peace.