Richard Strauss - Die Nacht

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Aus dem Walde tritt die Nacht
Aus den Bäumen schleicht sie leise
Schaut sich um im weitem Kreise
Nun gib Acht!

Alle Lichter dieser Welt
Alle Blumen, alle Farben
Löscht sie aus und stiehlt die Garben
Weg vom Feld

Alles nimmt sie, was nur hold
Nimmt das Silber weg des Stroms
Nimmt vom Kupferdach des Doms
Weg das Gold

Ausgeplündert steht der Strauch:
Rücke näher, Seel' an Seele
O die Nacht, mir bangt, sie stehle
Dich mir auch

Release Date: January 01, 1887

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One of the great composers of the Post-Romantic Era, Richard Strauss (1864-1949) is known for his tone poems such as Also Sprach Zarathustra, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, and Death and Transfiguration, as well as operas such as Der Rosenkavalier and Salome. Initially considered a retrograde composer from the dark ages of tonality, he was reappraised as a composer who stretched the tonal system to uncharted limits and presaged the musical developments of the 20th century.

Known for treating friends and acquaintances badly, Strauss was once described by the conductor Hans Knappertsbusch:

I knew him very well. I played cards with him every week for 40 years, and he was a pig.