Gott Lob, daß mein Erlöser lebt (Neumeister, set by Georg Philipp Telemann) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Gott Lob, daß mein Erlöser lebt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): FRE

Aria (Tenor)
 Gott Lob, daß mein Erlöser lebt,
 Er lebt, so wird sein Leben
 Im Tode mir gegeben.
 Drum will ich freudig sterben,
 Die Freude dort zu erben,
 Die mir im Engel-Orden
 Von ihm vermachet worden.

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Authorship

by Erdmann Neumeister (1671 - 1756) [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 Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767), "Gott Lob, daß mein Erlöser lebt", TWV 1:877 no. 3 (1725) [tenor, violin, bassoon, and basso continuo], from the cantata Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt, no. 3. [
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