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After more than a year in development, I'm thrilled to announce that we've finally implemented the ability to view "sung texts" with all the modifications by a given composer already applied. Over 10,000 pages will benefit from this improvement. It should especially benefit those of you who need accurate texts for concert programs and CD booklets.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Schicksalslenker, blicke nieder
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Schicksalslenker, blicke nieder,
Auf ein treuerfülltes Herz,
Uns belebt die Freude wieder,
Unser Dank steigt himmelwärts.

Nie hast unser du vergessen,
Durch die Nebel strahlt der Glanz
Deiner Größe, unermessen,
Wie aus hellen Sternenkranz.

Liebevoll hast du die Wonne
Dieses Tages uns verliehn,
Darum fühlen wir im Herzen
Unsern Dank für dich erglüh'n.

Schicksalslenker, blicke nieder,
Auf ein dankerfülltes Herz.

About the headline (FAQ)

Note: The source of the text is unknown; Schubert's autograph is lost. This is the version published by Diabelli with the first edition (op. 146). Breitkopf & Härtel (Alte Gesamtausgabe) prints a somewhat different text, as conveyed in a copy of Schubert's score kept in the Witteczek-Spaun collection (Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Wien), (see below).


Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

    [ None yet in the database ]

Set in a modified version by Franz Peter Schubert.


Researcher for this page: Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-11-19
Line count: 14
Word count: 60