"" (The night has advanced) is a poem in German written by Jochen Klepper in 1937 that became an Advent hymn with a melody by Johannes Petzold, contained in several hymnals and songbooks.
Inhalt
Jochen Klepper wrote the poem "" on 18 December 1937;Jochen Klepper: Unter dem Schatten deiner Flügel. Aus den Tagebüchern der Jahre 1932–1942; ed. by Hildegard Klepper; Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1956; Tagebucheintrag zum 18. Dezember 1937, p. 531 it was published in 1938 in the collection Kyrie. Geistliche Lieder, titled "Weihnachtslied" (Christmas carol).Jochen Klepper: Kyrie. Geistliche Lieder.Berlin, 1938, S. 26. Klepper introduced it by a Bible verse:
This verse is part of the epistle of the First Sunday of Advent.
Melodies and hymnals
The song is part of the Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch (EG 16) and of the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob (GL 220); The song was translated into Czech by Miroslav Heryán in 1979, as "Noc ke konci se kloní" in the Protestant of the Bohemian brethren. Besides a melody by Johannes Petzold, the hymn can be sung to other melodies, such as "Valet will ich dir geben", "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" and "Wie soll ich dich empfangen." --
Further reading Jochen Klepper: Kyrie. Geistliche Lieder; Berlin-Steglitz: Eckart-Verlag, 1938
References
External links
Heinz Grosch: Die Nacht ist vorgedrungen ...; in: Quatember 1986, pp 197–203. Christoph Petzold: Die Nacht... - Spurensuche (documents)