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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)

Rasch tritt der Tod den Menschen an
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Rasch tritt der Tod den Menschen an,
Es ist ihm keine Frist gegeben,
Es stürzt ihn mitten in der Bahn,
Es reißt ihn fort vom vollen Leben,
Bereitet oder nicht, zu gehen.
Er muß vor seinem Richter stehen!

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Confirmed with Schillers sämmtliche Schriften. Historisch-kritische Ausgabe. Vierzehnter Theil. Die Braut von Messina. Der Neffe als Onkel. Der Parasit. Wilhelm Tell, herausgegeben von Hermann Oesterley, Stuttgart, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1872, page 402, in Wilhelm Tell.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), no title, appears in Wilhelm Tell [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Gesang der Mönche", WoO 104 [ 3 male voices a cappella ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2021-10-10
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