Leviathan
Language: English
The earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Psalm 104: 224-26 [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 Ernst Křenek (1900 - 1991), "Leviathan", 1960, published 1961 [three-part chorus of treble voices a cappella], from Three motets, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Lidy van Noordenburg
This text was added to the website: 2008-03-17
Line count: 7
Word count: 38