Wiegenlied, D 498 (Schubert)

First two measures of the melody[1]

Franz Schubert's Wiegenlied "Schlafe, schlafe, holder süßer Knabe", D 498, Op. 98, No. 2, is a lullaby composed in November 1816.[2] The song is also known as "Mille cherubini in coro" after an Italian language arrangement for voice and orchestra by Alois Melichar.

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  2. ^ Youens, Susan (1984), "Metamorphoses of a Melody: Schubert's "Wiegenlied," D. 498, in Twentieth-Century Opera", Opera Quarterly, 2 (2): 35–48, doi:10.1093/oq/2.2.35