Bernhard Flies (born about 1770 in Berlin) was a German amateur composer and a doctor of medicine. Little is known about Flies. He composed some piano pieces and songs. He is best known for the romantic music to the lullaby '' Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein'', (Sleep, my little prince, go to sleep) attributed to him, also known as ''Das Wiegenlied'' (the Cradle Song), from the theatre play "Esther" written by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter (1746–1797). Recent research suggests that the song was originally composed by

Johann Friedrich Anton Fleischmann Johann Friedrich Anton Fleischmann (19 July 1766 – 30 November 1798) was a German composer.Some sources give his first name as Josef rather than Johann. Life and career Born at Marktheidenfeld, Fleischmann studied at Mannheim with Ignaz Holz ...

.Goretzki, E. and D. Krickenberg (1988). Das Wiegenlied "von Mozart", ''Mitteilungen der Internationalen Stiftung Mozarteum'', Salzburg, July (pp. 114 ff) For a long time, the composition was mistakenly attributed to

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(K. 350 in the Köchel-Verzeichnis).

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German and English texts of the lullabyCzech translation

Music of the lullaby
(in MID format) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Flies, Bernhard 1770s births Year of birth uncertain Year of death unknown German male composers 18th-century German composers 18th-century German male musicians 18th-century German physicians