Arise and build an altar | Arise and build an altar

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

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 und einen Altar baue!", 1863 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 3, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]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 und einen Altar baue!", 1861-63 [ soli, men's chorus and orchestra ], from Lobgesang, no. 5, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]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

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

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Arise and build an altar

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Arise and build an altar
  To your God now,
Look into the past and see
  How He has helped you thus far!

Upon it, offer up with holy, new fervour
  A song of praise to Him,
And may the fire blaze on 
  Joyfully your whole life long!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Auf, und einen Altar baue", appears in Kreuz- und Trostlieder, in Erstes Buch, in 115. Lobgesang, no. 5
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This text was added to the website: 2025-01-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 47