"Der Mond ist aufgegangen" (German for "The moon has risen") is a German

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and evening song by Matthias Claudius, one of the most popular in

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. Also known under the name Abendlied (German for "evening song") it was first released in '' Musen-Almanach'' in 1779, published by

Johann Heinrich Voß Johann Heinrich Voss (german: Johann Heinrich Voß, ; 20 February 1751 – 29 March 1826) was a German classicist and poet, known mostly for his translation of Homer's ''Odyssey'' (1781) and ''Iliad'' (1793) into German. Life Voss was born at ...

. In 1783, Claudius published the poem with a modification to verse six in ''Asmus omnia sua secum portans oder Sämmtliche Werke des Wandsbecker Bothen IV. Theil''. The poem "" (German for "Now all forests rest") by

Paul Gerhardt Paul Gerhardt (12 March 1607 – 27 May 1676) was a German theologian, Lutheran minister and hymnodist. Biography Gerhardt was born into a middle-class family at Gräfenhainichen, a small town between Halle and Wittenberg. His father died in ...

from 1647 was its model. The exact dating is unclear; some believe that it was written in 1778 in

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, others that it originated earlier in

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The melody first associated with the poem was composed by

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (31 March 1747, Lüneburg – 10 June 1800, Schwedt) was a German musician. He is best known as the composer of the melody for Matthias Claudius's poems " Der Mond ist aufgegangen" and "Wir pflügen und wir streuen" ...

and published in his 1790 collection ''Lieder im Volkston, bey dem Claviere zu singen'' Johann Abraham Peter Schulz: ''Lieder im Volkston, bey dem Claviere zu singen'', part 3. Berlin 1790, p. 52. – this remains the most popular version (see notation below). Among many other settings, the text is also often found set to the melody of the above-mentioned 'Nun ruhen alle Wälder' (''

Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen "" ("Innsbruck, I must leave thee") is a German Renaissance song. It was first published as a choral movement by the Franco-Flemish composer Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450–1517); the melody was probably written by him. The lyricist is unknown; an aut ...

'', by Heinrich Isaac). \relative g' \addlyrics

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"Das berühmteste deutsche Gedicht. Eine Besichtigung."
literaturkritik.de, No. 7, July 2013 (in German)
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in ''Liederprojekt'' by Carus-Verlag and SWR2, 26 November 2015. *
Chorsatz
by Ulrich Kaiser, 26 November 2015. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mond ist aufgegangen, Der Lullabies German poems Volkslied

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