[78-L] Silent Night [FWD]

[Mike Harkin]

/: Schlaf' in himmlischer Ruhe:/

= 'sleep'.  'sleeps' would be 'schlaeft'.

Mike in Plovdiv


--- On Fri, 1/8/10, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Silent Night
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Friday, January 8, 2010, 1:09 AM
> From: DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com>
> > So the Elsie Baker side of 19823 is acoustic?? db
> 
> I think we just don't have the info on the electrical
> recording session
> and take.  
> 
> > P.S.  Has anyone noticed that on one, if not two,
> of the usually worded versions
> > by Bing Crosby, he sings the last line as "Sleeps in
> heavenly peace." rather than
> > the more common "Sleep in heavenly peace."?  I
> was surprised to hear that but when
> > you think about it, it makes more sense.
> 
> Interesting point. It would depend on who is
> sleeping.  The line before
> in this translation is "Holy infant so tender and
> mild."  If it is the
> baby who is sleeping, sleeps does make more sense. 
> But if it is a
> admonition for the listeners to sleep in heavenly peace
> this night (as I
> always interpreted it) than sleep is more correct. 
> I'm trying to
> remember what the line is in German.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> 
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [78-L] Silent Night
> 
> I just had a look on Tyrone's site, and found the source of
> the earlier
> question:  19823 has the same selections as 17164,
> with 'Hark the
> herald.....' shown as matrix BVE.11120-4 and a recording
> date of 16
> October
> 1925 (recorded 14 years to the day after the acoustic
> recording) whilst
> 'Silent night' is shown with the same matrix number and
> recording date
> (11791-1, 26 March 1912) as for 17164.
> 
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