by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)
Du armer Vater Adam
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es legte Adam sich im Paradiese schlafen; Da ward aus ihm das Weib geschaffen. Du armer Vater Adam, du! Dein erster Schlaf war deine letzte Ruh.
Authorship:
- by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815) [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Du armer Vater Adam", 2007 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-12
Line count: 4
Word count: 26