by Johann Wilhelm Hey (1789 - 1854)
Ich will Gott den Herren loben
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich will Gott den Herren loben durch mein ganzes Leben lang, gern in seinem Himmel droben hört er meiner Stimme Klang. Seiner Engel Jubel schallen wunderbar von Welt zu Welt, doch ich weiß, daß auch das Lallen eines Kind's ihm wohlgefällt.
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Confirmed with Noch fünfzig Fabeln für Kinder von Wilhelm Hey, mit Bildern von Otto Speckter, nebst ein ernsthaften Anhange, neue Ausgabe, Gotha: Friedrich Andreas Perthes, 1852. Appears in Anhang, page 5.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wilhelm Hey (1789 - 1854), no title, appears in Noch fünfzig Fabeln fü;r Kinder, in Anhang [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 (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Ich will Gott den Herren loben" [ duet ], from Zwölf Kinderlieder aus dem Anhange des Specter'schen Fabelbuches, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Francis L. Soper) , "Clouds that sweep the midnight heaven", appears in Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes, first published 1850 [an adaptation]
Research team for this page: Bertram Kottmann , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2004-11-28
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