by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)
Herr, mein Gott, sei du mein Licht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Herr, mein Gott, sei du mein Licht, Finsternis bedecket mich! Sieh', ich wart', ich wart' auf dich, Herr, mein Gott, sei du mein Licht! Willst du denn dein Angesicht mir verbergen ewiglich? Du allein, du bist [mein]1 Licht, ach, erleucht', erleuchte mich!
View original text (without footnotes)
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
Confirmed with Kreuz- und Trostlieder von Friedrich Oser, Wiesbaden, 1865.
1 Randhartinger: "das"Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Herr, mein Gott, sei du mein Licht", appears in Kreuz- und Trostlieder [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Herr, mein Gott, sei du mein Licht" [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 42