Beim Schlafengehen
| Song Title | Beim Schlafengehen (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Richard Strauss |
| Author(s): | Hermann Hesse |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Ceasing; Children; Circles; Comfort; Day; Death; Deep; Dreaming; Ending; Floating; Forgetting; Hands; Heads; Imagination; Kindness; Living; Longing; Metaphor: Death as Comfort; Metaphor: Death as Sleep; Metaphor: Longing as Child; Night; Relaxation; Releasing; Relief; Senses; Sinking; Sleep; Sleeping; Souls; Stars; Thoughts; Tired; Weariness; Wings |
| First Line | Nun der Tag mich müd gemacht (Search) |
| Average Duration | 5:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1948 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=7974 |
| Larger Work | Vier letzte Lieder (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | German (Search) |
| Score Source | https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/445809 |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se0HPsJex04 |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/beim-schlafengehen-2/ |
| Catalog Designation | WoO 150 no. 3 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
| Range: | Db4 - Bb5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Db Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | "Herrn und Frau Dr. Adolf Jöhr" (Search) |
| Premiered By | Kirsten Flagstad, May 22, 1950. Premiered at Royal Albert Hall (Search) |
| Notes | This set was the last work that Strauss completed before his death, and three of the four songs (all but "Frühling") deal with death as a subject. (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | Yes (Search) |