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by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)

Du sollst nicht, du mußt
 (Sung text for setting by A. Schoenberg)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du sollst dir kein Bild machen!
Denn ein Bild schränkt ein,
begrenzt, fasst,
was unbegrenzt und unvorstellbar bleiben soll.

Ein Bild will Namen haben:
Du kannst ihn nur vom Kleinen nehmen;
Du sollst das Kleine nicht verehren!

Du mußt an den Geist glauben!
Unmittelbar, gefühllos und selbstlos.
Du mußt, Auserwählter, mußt, willst du's bleiben!

Composition:

    Set to music by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Du sollst nicht, du mußt", op. 27 no. 2 (1925), from Vier Stücke für gemischten Chor, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 54

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