Herr, schicke was du willt (Mörike) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Herr, schicke was du willt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT ENG ENG FRE FRE ITA SPA

Herr, schicke was du [willt]¹,
Ein Liebes oder Leides;
Ich bin vergnügt, daß beides
Aus Deinen Händen quillt.

Wollest mit Freuden 
Und wollest mit Leiden
Mich nicht überschütten!
Doch in der Mitten,
Liegt holdes Bescheiden.

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¹ the modern form, "willst", is often used instead.

Authorship

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Gebet" [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 Dieter Acker (1940 - 2006), "Gebet", published 2000 [ 6-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Gebet", op. 44 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Gebet", 2007 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Thomas Bartel (b. 1965), "Herr, schicke, was du willt", 2001 [ four-part mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by G. Bezold , "Gebet" [sung text not yet checked]
by Matti Borg (b. 1956), "Gebet", 1997-1998, published 1998 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from 12 Gedichte von Mörike, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by G. Böttcher , "Gebet" [sung text not yet checked]
by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Gebet", op. 13 (Acht Lieder) no. 8 (1999) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), "Gebet", op. 60 (Neun Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1892 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
by Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "Gebet", op. 2 (Zwei Mörike-Lieder) no. 2 (1951) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942), "Gebet", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 2 no. 7 (1939) [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942), "Gebet", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 2 no. 9 (1939) [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Siegfried Fietz (b. 1946), "Gebet", published 2004, from Es war, als hätt der Himmel die Erde still geküsst, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Gebet", op. 65 (5 Gebete für Baß und Orgel) no. 3 (1929-35) [ bass and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "Gebet", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston : moderne Volkslieder (vol. 2: Preislieder) komponiert für Die Woche [sung text checked 1 time]
by Jürgen Golle (b. 1942), "Gebet", 1996, from ...füllest Du mein ganzes Herz, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Gebet", op. 89 no. 1 (1895), published 1896 [ high voice, violin, and organ ], from Vier geistliche Gesänge für eine hohe Stimme mit Begleitung von Violine und Orgel, no. 1, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
by K. Hösel , "Gebet" [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Gebet", published 1990 [ three-part women's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Gebet", op. 47 (Neun Lieder im Volkston) no. 9 (1906) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Gebet", op. 75 (45 Lieder für dreistimmigen Chor a capella) no. 17 (1924) [ three-part chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by R. Lichey , "Gebet" [sung text not yet checked]
by Roger Matscheizik (b. 1960), "Herr, schicke was du willst", 1996-2002 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and organ ], from Denk es, o Seele!, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Manfred Meier (b. 1936), "Herr, schicke, was du willst", published 1994 [ women's chorus a cappella ], motet [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl-Josef Müller (1937 - 2001), "Gebet" [ four-part men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Karl Nössler (1863 - 1943), "Gebet" [sung text not yet checked]
by P. Prehl , "Gebet" [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Gebet", op. 54 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Theresia Schlechtriem (b. 1940), "Gebet", published 1992 [ women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Gebet", op. 62 no. 33 (1947-49) [ voice and piano ], from Das holde Bescheiden: Lieder und Gesänge nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike, no. 33, Wien: Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
by Heinrich Spitta (1902 - 1972), "Herr! schicke, was du willst", 1945, published 1987 [ chorus ], from Denk es, o Seele, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ad. Stolz , "Gebet", published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei geistliche Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Ludwigsburg, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Trunk (1879 - 1968), "Gebet", op. 6 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 (1898) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Gebet", 1979 [sung text not yet checked]
by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Gebet", op. 44 no. 2 (1908) [sung text not yet checked]
by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Gebet" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Gebet", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 28 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Emilie Zumsteeg (1796 - 1857), "Herr! schicke, was du willst", published 1998 [ duet ], from Lieder und Duette für unterschiedliche Stimmlagen mit Begleitung des Klaviers, no. 47 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 35