Bist du bei mir | Bist du bei mir, geh' ich mit Freuden

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Bist du bei mir

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE IRI ITA SPA

Bist du bei mir, geh' ich mit Freuden
zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh'.
Ach, wie vergnügt wär' so mein Ende,
es drückten deine lieben schönen Hände
mir die getreuen Augen zu!

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• G. Bachlund • G. Stölzel

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Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, first published 1725 [author's text not yet checked 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), "Bist du bei mir", 2010 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Bist du bei mir", subtitle: "Arie im alten Stile", op. 20b (1907/45?) [ mezzo-soprano or soprano and strings or string quintet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
misattributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) and by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690 - 1749), "Bist du bei mir", <<1718, from Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach, note: the misattribution to Bach was probably due to his including the song in his Anna Magdalena Songbook; the piece was given the catalogue number BWV 508 no. 25 before the misattribution was discovered [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 32