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Frühmorgens, wenn die Hähne krähn, Eh noch der Wachtel Ruf erschallt, Eh wärmer all die Lüfte wehn, Vom Jagdhornruf das Echo hallt: Dann gehet leise Nach seiner Weise Der liebe Herrgott durch den Wald! Die Quelle, die ihn kommen hört, Hält ihr Gemurmel auf sogleich, Auf daß sie nicht in Andacht stört So Groß als Klein im Waldbereich. Die Bäume denken: Nun laßt uns senken Vorm lieben Herrgott das Gezweig! Die Blümlein, wenn sie aufgewacht, Sie ahnen auch den Herrn alsbald, Und schütteln rasch den Schlaf der Nacht Sich aus den Augen mit Gewalt. Sie flüstern leise Ringsum im Kreise: Der liebe Gott geht durch den Wald!
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Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Waldandacht", op. 211 no. 3, published 1873 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Waldandacht", op. 443 (Sechs Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1874 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Théodore Kahle , "Waldandacht", op. 22 (Vierstimmige Gesänge für gemischten Chor), Heft 2 no. 2, published 1876 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Waldnacht", op. 125 no. 3 (1881) [ TTBB chorus ], from Aus deutschen Gauen, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Waldandacht", op. 192 no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Klänge aus der Kinderwelt, Heft XIII, no. 1, Dresden, Ries [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "Waldandacht", op. 29 (Fünf Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1877 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Jennifer Klenke) , "Forest meditation", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:27
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Word count: 107
Early in the morning, when the cock crows, Still before the quail sounds, Before the warm heavens blow, From the hunter's horn the echo resounds: Then goes quietly After his tune The loving God through the forest! The font which hears it comes, Holds their murmurings there, Of those in prayer it does not disturb, Through wide and small forest range, The trees think: Now let us bend Before the dear God of branches! The flower buds, when they awaken, They also presage God soon, And shake rapidly in the sleep of the night From their eyes mightily. They whisper quietly, All around in circles: The dear God goes through the forest!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by Jennifer Klenke, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Leberecht Blücher Dreves (1816 - 1870)
Text added to the website: 2009-01-28 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:03:05
Line count: 21
Word count: 112