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Wenn der Erde Gründe beben, und in Totengrüften Leben und im Staube Jugendstärke wallt, wenn des Auferweckers Stimme schallt: Gott! [erbarm]1 dich unser! Wenn mit donnerndem Getümmel, o Allmächt'ger, deine Himmel und des Erdballs Reiche schnell vergeh'n, und wir wankend auf den Trümmern steh'n: Gott! [erbarm]1 dich unser! Wenn auf deinem Wolkenwagen, von Zehntausenden getragen, Weltenrichter, du herniederfährst und den Übeltätern Rache schwörst: Gott! [erbarm]1 dich unser! Wenn mit Zittern und Entzücken alle Völker nach dir blicken und dein flammend Richterangesicht Fluch und Lohn in ihre Seele spricht: Gott! [erbarm]1 dich unser! Wenn auch ich dann vor dir stehe, und mein Aug' zu deiner Höhe bebend nur emporzuschauen wagt, wenn in mir die ganze Menschheit zagt: Gott! erbarm dich [meiner]2!
C. Bach sets stanzas 1, 4-5
Confirmed with Encyclopädie der deutschen Nationalliteratur ... 7. Band, Leipzig, 1842.
1 Lachner: "erbarme"2 Bach: "unser"
Text Authorship:
- by Christoph Christian Sturm (1740 - 1786), "Der Tag des Weltgerichts" [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 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788), "Der Tag des Weltgerichts", Wq 197 no. 13 (1780-1781), stanzas 1,4-5 [ voice and piano or harpsichord or organ ], from Sturms geistliche Gesänge mit Melodien, Erste Sammlung, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Der Tag des Weltgerichts", op. 96, Heft 3 no. 2, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], from Sängerfahrt. Achtzehn Lieder, no. 14, Mainz, Schott
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time] - by Hermann Putsch , "Der Tag des Weltgerichts", op. 15 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1884 [ bass and piano ], Berlin, Sulzbach [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Marco Crosetto) , "Il giorno del giudizio universale", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Caroline Diehl , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Quando ribollirà la terra di terremoti e fremeranno la vita nelle cripte dei morti e nella polvere le forze primordiali quando il suono del giudizio risuonerà: Dio! Abbi pietà di noi! Quando anch’io mi troverò davanti a te, e il mio occhio verso la tua maestà oserà solo contemplarti dal basso tremante, quando con me esiterà tutta l'umanità: Dio! Abbi pietà di noi!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2014 by Marco Crosetto, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christoph Christian Sturm (1740 - 1786), "Der Tag des Weltgerichts"
This text was added to the website: 2014-12-09
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