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by Albert Wittstock (1837 - 1903)

Behüt dich Gott
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Behüt dich Gott! Wie klingst du schön,
o altes trautes Wort!
Wie Friedensgruß aus Himmelshöhn
so tönt's im Innern fort.

Behüt dich Gott! Durch Wald und Hain
ruft's jeder Blütenstrauch,
im Sternenglanz, im Sonnenschein
weht still der Lüfte Hauch.

Behüt dich Gott! Nimm's zum Geleit,
das ist gesagt genug;
behüt dich Gott für alle Zeit,
ein rechter Segensspruch!

Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Wittstock (1837 - 1903) [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 Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Behüt' Dich Gott", op. 11 (3 Lieder) no. 1, published 1859 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Fritz Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Behüt dich Gott", op. 186 no. 7 (1897) [ SATB chorus ], from Jahreszeiten, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Bertram Kottmann , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-02-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 58

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