by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)
Auf, und einen Altar baue
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Auf, und einen Altar baue Deinem Gott nunmehr, Siehe hinter dich und schaue, Wie er half bisher! Opfre drauf mit heilger, neuer Lust ihm Lobgesang, Und es lohe fort das Feuer Freudig lebenslang!
Confirmed with Friedrich Oser, Kreuz- und Trostlieder, Wiesbaden: Julius Niedner, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1865, page 91.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Auf, und einen Altar baue", appears in Kreuz- und Trostlieder, in Erstes Buch, in 115. Lobgesang, no. 5 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Moritz Kahnt (1836 - 1904), "Auf! und einen Altar baue!", 1863 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 3, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Auf, und einen Altar baue" [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894), "Auf! und einen Altar baue!", 1861-63 [ soli, men's chorus and orchestra ], from Lobgesang, no. 5, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Arise and build an altar", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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