Engelsgesang
Language: German (Deutsch)
O du mein Gott, o du mein Gott, Singen Engellein so fein, Singen aufe, singen abe, Schlagen Trillerlein drein!
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [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 Jacob Ehrhart (flourished c1882), "Engelsgesang", op. 2, Heft 2 no. 6, published 1882 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Acht Liedlein aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn den Kleinen vorzusingen für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ilse Fromm-Michaels (1888 - 1986), "Engelsgesang", op. 9 no. 3 (1921?) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 19