Bernhard Flies

Bernhard Flies (about 1770 in Berlin – ?) was a German amateur composer, best known for music to the lullaby "Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein" ("Sleep, my little prince, fall asleep").

Only little is known about Flies. He was a doctor of medicine and an amateur composer of some piano pieces and songs. The best-known is the romantic music to the lullaby "Schlafe, mein Prinzchen" (also known as "Wiegenlied") from the theatre play "Esther" written by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter (1746–1797). For a long time, the composition was mistakenly attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (K.350 in the Köchel-Verzeichnis).

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20051226091749/www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=6785 German and English texts of the lullaby] , [http://www.mojedite.cz/diskuse_detail.php?id=3919&sectionid=3 Czech translation]
* [http://www.rcaguilar.com/lieder/midi/prinzchen.mid Music of the lullaby] (in MID format)
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