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by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)

Als de ziele luistert
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Als de ziele luistert
spreekt het al een tal dat leeft,
't lijzigste gefluister
ook een taal en teeken heeft:
blâren van de boomen
kouten met malkaar gezwind,
baren in de stroomen
klappen luide en welgezind,
wind en wee en wolken,
wegelen van Gods heiligen voet,
talen en vertolken
't diep gedoken Woord zoo zoet....
als de ziele luistert!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   L. Mortelmans •   M. Thys •   C. Van Rennes 

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Spelling changes used by De Vocht: teeken -> teken ; blâren van de boomen -> blaren van de bomen ; stroomen -> stromen ; heiligen -> heilige ; zoo -> zo
Spelling changes used by Thys : teeken -> teken ; blâren -> blaren ; boomen -> bomen ; stroomen -> stromen; luide -> luid; zoo -> zo
Spelling changes used by Van Rennes: ook een taal -> ook en taal; heiligen -> heilgen
Spelling changes used by Wierts: baren -> bâren; heiligen -> heil'gen


Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1860 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Als de ziele luistert", 1991 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from Kleengedichtjes, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jozef Cuypers , "Als de ziele luistert", 1959 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Marcel De Backer (1924 - 2006), "Als de ziele luistert" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Louis De Haas , "Als de ziele luistert " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Albert Delvaux (1913 - 2007), "Als de ziele luistert", 1949 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lodewijk De Vocht (1887 - 1977), "Als de ziele luistert" [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lodewijk De Vocht (1887 - 1977), "Als de ziele luistert", 1959 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Herberigs (1886 - 1974), "Als de ziele luistert", 1943 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Michel Julien , "Als de ziele luistert", 1926 [ four-part mixed chorus and organ or harmonium ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johan F. Keja (d. 1960), "Als de ziele luistert" [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Arthur Meulemans (1884 - 1966), "Als de ziele luistert", 1964 [ reciter and string orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868 - 1952), "Als de ziele luistert", 1913 [ voice and piano ], also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Joseph Ryelandt (1870 - 1965), "Als de Ziele luistert", op. 83 [ women's chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Marcel Thys , "Als de ziele luistert" [ voice, unaccompanied ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Lucien Van Branteghem , "Als de ziele luistert", 1970 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Gezelletriptiek [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jan Van Landeghem (b. 1954), "Als de ziele luistert", 1999 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Omer Van Puyvelde (1912 - 1980), "Als de ziele luistert", 1956 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Catharina Van Rennes (1858 - 1940), "Als de ziele luistert ", op. 52 no. 11 (1904), published 19--? [ voice and piano ], from Kleengedichtjes, no. 11, Utrecht : Jac. van Rennes [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Renaat Veremans (1894 - 1969), "Als de ziele luistert", 1962 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Vijf koren op gedichten van Guido Gezelle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joop Voorn (1932 - 2021), "Als de ziele luistert", 1991 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johan Weegenhuise (b. 1910), "Als de ziele luistert", 1939, rev. 1979 [ voice and piano ], from Acht liederen, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johan Weegenhuise (b. 1910), "Als de ziele luistert" [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Petrus Jodocus Wierts (1866 - 1944), "Als de ziele luistert ..." [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Mary Ellis Opdycke ; composed by Lodewijk Mortelmans.
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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Vic Nees.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-20
Line count: 13
Word count: 65

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