How foolish the man who does not raise His voice and praise with joyful words, As he alone can, Heaven's High King. To whom the light birds with no soul but air, All day, everywhere laudations sing.
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Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Irish (Gaelic) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "The praises of God", op. 29 no. 9 (1953), published 1954 [ voice or SATB chorus and piano ], from Hermit songs, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les louanges de Dieu", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: René Slot
This text was added to the website: 2004-01-18
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Word count: 37