Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
Language: English
Our translations: GER
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Bless the bed that I lie on. Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head; One to watch, and one to pray, And two to bear my soul away.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "The Evening Prayer", 1928 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Milford Rutter, CBE (b. 1945), "Matthew, Mark, Luke and John", published 1974 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Five Childhood Lyrics, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Gordon Crosse, Gustav Holst.
Set in a modified version by Richard Rodney Bennett.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Matthäus, Markus, Lukas und Johann", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2015-01-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 36