...Der ‘Liebe Gott’ ist uns Kindern nie nahegebracht 
[...] Lieben tat ich Jesus...

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Note: this song includes two unsung quotes at the top from Goethe's "Brief an Lavater": „Ich bin aus der Wahrheit der fünf Sinne.“ and from Heine's "Auf diesem Felsen bauen wir" :

Hier auf dem Felsen bauen wir die Kirche von
dem dritten – dem dritten Neuen Testament,
das Leid ist ausgelitten.

Text Authorship:

• by Käthe Kollwitz, née Schmidt (1867 - 1945), no title [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):

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The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Ralf Yusuf Gawlick (b. 1969), "Selbstbildnis en face (1904)", op. 19 no. 2 (2012-2013) [ soprano and guitar ], from Kollwitz-Konnex (…im Frieden seiner Hände), song cycle for soprano & guitar, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-16
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