Heureux sont les morts (Bible or other Sacred Texts, set by Johannes Brahms, Martin Frey, Heinrich Schütz) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Bible or other Sacred Texts

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Selig sind die Toten

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Selig sind die Toten, 
die in dem [Herrn]¹ sterben, 
von nun an. 

Ja der Geist [spricht,
daß sie]² ruhen von ihrer Arbeit; 
[denn]³ ihre Werke folgen ihnen nach.

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¹ Schütz: "Herren"
² Schütz: "spricht:/ sie"
³ Schütz: "und"

Authorship

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , from Revelation 14:13 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Selig sind die Toten", op. 45 no. 7 [chorus, orchestra], from Ein deutsches Requiem, no. 7. [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Martin Frey (1872 - 1946), "Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herrn sterben", op. 47, published 1915 [four-part mixed chorus a cappella], Leipzig: Steingräber Verlag [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672), "Selig sind die Toten", SWV. 391. [chorus] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Benaurats siguin els difunts", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zalig zijn de doden", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
EST Estonian (Eesti keel) (Bible or other Sacred Texts)
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Beati coloro che sono morti", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Ahmed E. Ismail

Text added to the website: 2006-01-02 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:16
Line count: 6
Word count: 28

Heureux sont les morts

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Heureux sont les morts,
qui meurent dans le Seigneur,
dès maintenant.

Oui, dit l'esprit,
Qu'ils se reposent de leur travail,
car leurs œuvres les suivront.

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Apocalypse 14:13

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Bible or other Sacred Texts , from Revelation 14:13

Text added to the website: 2011-02-10 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:15
Line count: 6
Word count: 25