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by Erdmann Neumeister (1671 - 1756)

Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Aria (Tenor)
 Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt;
 Er lebt und mir zu Freude,
 Laß sein, daß ich im Leide
 In Arbeit, Müh und Plage
 Viel Stunden meiner Tage
 Muß auf der Welt verschmerzen:
 Blüht doch der Trost im Herzen.

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Text 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):

  • misattributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750), "Ich weiß daß mein Erlöser lebt", BWV. 160, the first tenor aria in the cantata Ich weiß daß mein Erlöser lebt [
     text verified 1 time
    ]
  • by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767), "Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt ", TWV 1:877 no. 1 (1725) [tenor, violin, bassoon, and basso continuo], from the cantata Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt, no. 1. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English [singable] (Ebenezer Prout) , title 1: "I know that my Redeemer lives"
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Je sais que mon Sauveur vit", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

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