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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Vorbereitung zum Tode
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Sorgt für die Zukunft! Sorgt bei Zeiten! 
Seufzt augendrehend Herr Filint,
Und läßt sich seinen Sarg bereiten,
Weil jetzt die Bretter wohlfeil sind.

Confirmed with Muster und Übungsblätter zur Bildung des Ausdrucks und Geschmacks: mit einer Methodik als Anhang, von Karl Schüelein, Professor in Speyer, Speyer und Heidelberg, Verlag von August Oßwald, 1825, page 41. No author indicated, but Zumsteeg's score indicates the author as "J. F. A. B-r".


Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( partial name: J. F. A. B-r ) , "Vorbereitung zum Tode" [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 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760 - 1802), "Vorbereitung zum Tode", published 1805, from Kleine Balladen und Lieder, Heft VII, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Preparation for Death", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 23

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