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by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929)

Kindergebet
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Lieber Gott und Engelein,
Laßt mich gut und fromm sein
Und laßt mir mein Hemdlein
Recht bald werden viel zu klein.

Laßt mich immer weiter gehn,
Viele gute Menschen sehn,
Wie sie aus den Augen sehn,
Laßt sogleich mich sie verstehn.

Und mit ihnen fort und fort
Freuen mich an gutem Ort,
Und zur Zeit der Einsamkeit
Gib, daß Sternenglanz mich freut.

In: Hugo von Hofmannsthal,Gesammelte Werke in zehn Einzelbänden. Band 1: Gedichte, Dramen, Frankfurt a.M, 1979, p.193-194


Text Authorship:

  • by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), "Kindergebet" [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):

  • by Denise Isabelle Roger (1924 - 2005), "Kindergebet", 1962, copyright © 1979, first performed 1969 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six mélodies sur des poèmes de Hugo von Hofmannsthal, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "Kindergebet", copyright © 2017 [ voice and piano ], University of Western Australia Conservatorium of Music [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

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