Die beweglichste Musika

O seht das liebe Kind,
wie es so süße weint,
dass alle Stößerlein
herzgrundbeweglich sein.
Lass doch mein Ach und O
in deins vermengt erschallen,
dass es vor allem Ton
Gott könne wohlgefallen.

Submitted by Bertram Kottmann

Authorship

• by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius [ author's text not yet checked 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 Joseph Haas (1879 - 1960), "Die beweglichste Musika", op. 49 (Sechs Krippenlieder) no. 3, published 1919. [medium voice (or children's chorus) and piano] [
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