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RECORDINGS
Listen to 'Nacht' from 'Four Songs' by Amy Beach here.
Text
Nacht
German source:
Ernst Scherenberg
Nacht ist's, die Erde träumet;
In ernstem Schweigen ziehn
Hoch über ihr am Himmel
Sternbilder hin.
Nacht ist's; - vor meiner Seele
In tiefster Einsamkeit
Ziehn stille Sternbilder
Aus alter Zeit. --
In ernstem Schweigen ziehn
Hoch über ihr am Himmel
Sternbilder hin.
Nacht ist's; - vor meiner Seele
In tiefster Einsamkeit
Ziehn stille Sternbilder
Aus alter Zeit. --
Composer
Amy Beach
The composer and pianist Amy Beach (1867-1944) is recognised as a leading figure in American music, the first woman to gain success with large-scale musical forms. She came from a prosperous family in New Hampshire. Her mother Clara Cheney was a…
