Genre - Style - Musical FORM: Secular; Folktune; Choir
Mood of the piece: calm; cantabile; restful; serene
Duration: 2 min.
Difficulty for the choir (from 1 to 5): 2
Difficulty for the conductor (from A to E): B
Text in Hungarian (adaptations for some publishers; see below)
Keywords: a cappella, evening, evening song, night, twilight, sleep

Exists in several type of choir versions and in adaptations of text in different languages, at several publishers

A) Type of choir: SATB (4 mixed voices)
Tonality: F major

Publisher: Budapest: Hungary: Editio Musica Budapest (1977)
Ref.: Z. 5272 ; 2 p. in "Ezer év kórusa" ( 358-359. p.)

Publisher: Regensburg 1: Germany: Gustav Bosse Verlag (1983)
Ref.: BE 2248 ; 2 p. in "Chor aktuell"

Publisher: Wolfenbüttel: Germany: Möseler Verlag
Ref.: in "Europa Cantat 4" p.28-29 ; "Europa Cantat 9" p.22-23

Publisher: Mbja, P.E.Me (1938)
Ref.: Z. 2975 ; 2 p.

Text in English : "Peaceful woods, the dusk descending"
Publisher: London: Great Britain: Boosey and Hawkes (1987)
Ref.: OCTB6120 ; 4 p.
Type of score: Score with piano for rehearsal only

Text in Danish
Publisher: Musikhøjskolens Forlag/ Tåstrup: Denmark: Egtved Edition
Ref.: MF 369 in "Nor-Sang 1"

B) Type of choir: SSA (3 women or children voices)
Tonality: G major

Publisher: Budapest: Hungary: Editio Musica Budapest (1993)
Ref.: Z. 6724 ; 2 p. in "Gyermek- és nôikarok" (48-49. p.)

Text in English : "Peaceful woods"
Publisher: London: Great Britain: Boosey and Hawkes (1966)
Ref.: 19.865

C) Type of choir: SSAA (4 women or children voices)
Tonality: G major

Text in Hungarian
adaptation in Swedish (Invid skogens bryn)
Publisher: Stockholm: Sweden: Gehrmans Musikförlag (1984)
Ref.: C.G.6272 ; 3 p. in "Adolf Frederiks Sangbok - Kör prisma för blandale röster" (64 p.)

D) Type of choir: TBB (3 men voices)
Tonality: G major

Publisher: Budapest: Hungary: Editio Musica Budapest (1989)
Ref.: Z.6726 ; 2 p. in "Férfikarok" (16- 17. p.)

E) Type of choir: TTBBB (5 men voices)
Tonality: G major

Text in Hungarian
adaptation in German : Hinterm Waldrand sinkt die Nacht schon"
Publisher: Frankfurt am Main: Germany: Ferrimontana Musikverlag (1999)
Ref.: EF 1892 ; 2 p.