Vormals richtete Gott

Vormals richtete Gott.


                                     Könige. 
                          Weise. 

                                 wer richtet denn itzt? 

Richtet das einige 
  Volk? Die heilge Gemeinde? 
  Nein! o nein! wer richtet denn itzt? 
                   ein Natterngeschlecht!  feig und falsch 
                                 	 das edlere Wort nicht mehr 
                 Über die Lippe
O im Nahmen 
                                          ruf ich 
          Alter Dämon! dich herab 

Oder sende 
   Einen Helden 

Oder 
       die Weisheit.

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Authorship

• by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Zu Sokrates Zeiten" [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Zu Sokrates Zeiten", 2004, first performed 2004 [tenor and piano], from Drei Bruchstücke nach Hölderlin, no. 2, Mainz, Schott [ sung text not verified ]
• by Ernst Křenek (1900 - 1991), "Vormals richtete Gott", op. 32 (Vier kleine Männerchöre für Chor a cappella) no. 3 (1924) [alto and men's chorus a cappella (TTBB chorus)], Universal Edition [ sung text not verified ]

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