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Leise rieselt der Schnee (song)

Leise rieselt der Schnee is a cover song by Flake Lorenz. It is the first track on the Flake feiert wieder Weihnachten album.
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Leise rieselt der Schnee (song)
Leise rieselt der Schnee
Cover song by Flake Lorenz from the album Flake feiert wieder Weihnachten
Lyricist:
Eduard Ebel
Producing:
First release:
10 December 2023
Length:
01:29 (Instagram)
02:50 (Album)


Leise rieselt der Schnee is a cover song by Flake Lorenz. It is the first track on the Flake feiert wieder Weihnachten album.

Information

  • The song was first released on Rammstein's Instagram profile on 10 December 2023.[1]
  • On Flake's album Flake feiert Weihnachten the song was played by the band Tausend Tonnen Obst.
  • In 2025, on Flake's second album Flake feiert wieder Weihnachten a new recording was released by Flake.
  • Leise rieselt der Schnee (which translates as "The snow falls softly") is one of the most famous Christmas songs in the German language. It was composed in 1895 in Graudenz by the Protestant pastor Eduard Ebel (1839–1905) and published under the title Weihnachtsgruß in his volume Gesammelte Gedichte. The composition of the melody is also often attributed to Ebel, but this statement is uncertain and apparently unsupported, especially since Ebel's own publication contains only the text. According to other sources, the melody is a folk tune, which Ebel himself possibly adopted for his song. Other sources again suggest that the melody is based on a musette (1792) by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750–1813); however, the similarity of the melodies only applies to the first one and a half bars.

Versions

Title Release Length Recorded Released
Leise rieselt der Schnee 01:29 2023 10 Dec 2023
Leise rieselt der Schnee Flake feiert wieder Weihnachten 02:50 2025 28 Nov 2025

Lyrics

Leise rieselt der Schnee
Still und starr ruht der See
Weihnachtlich glänzet der Wald
Freue Dich, 's Christkind kommt bald

In den Herzen ist's warm
Still schweigt Kummer und Harm
Sorge des Lebens verhallt
Freue, das Christkind kommt bald

Bald nun ist heilige Nacht
Chor der Engel erwacht
Hört nur, wie lieblich es schallt
Freue Dich, 's Christkind kommt bald

Leise rieselt der Schnee
Still und starr ruht der See
Weihnachtlich glänzet der Wald
Freue dich, 's Christkind kommt bald

In den Herzen ist's warm
Still schweigt Kummer und Harm
Sorge des Lebens verhallt
Freue dich, 's Christkind kommt bald

Bald nun ist heilige Nacht
Chor der Engel erwacht
Hört nur, wie lieblich es schallt
Freue Dich, 's Christkind kommt bald

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