by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)
o Maria, onbevlekte
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)
o Maria, onbevlekte, [waarin]1 God het zaad [ontwekte]2, dat den Boom des Levens wierd, dien men in Gods Kerke viert, [wilt ons, na dit ballingsleven, naast U, ruste en vrede geven!]3 o Maria, Kind des Heeren, doet onz' kinders [zijn of leeren]4, [worden 't gene alleene]5 ons al zalig maken kan en zal! wilt ons, enz. O Maria, die vol zegen, hebt het heilig Kind gedragen, help ons worden wijs en zoet zo ons herte wezen moet.
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View original text (without footnotes)Spelling changes used by Tinel: den -> de, Heeren -> Heren, onz' -> ons
Note: the third stanza has not yet been verified with the original - it is as Tinel set it.
1 Peregrinus, Tinel: "waaruit"
2 Peregrinus: "verwekte"; further changes may exist not shown above.
3 omitted by Tinel.
4 Tinel: "neerstig leren"
5 Tinel: "doe ze weten 't gene"
Text Authorship:
- by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "O Maria, onbevlekte" [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 Pieter Lodewijk Busschaert , "O Maria, onbevlekte" [voice and organ] [text not verified]
- by Peregrinus , "O Maria onbevlekte" [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel (1854 - 1912), "O Maria", op. 34 no. 5 (1885) [four-part mixed chorus a cappella], from the collection Sechs Marienlieder für Haus und Konzert, no. 5. [text not verified]
- by Jef Tinel (1885 - 1972), "O Maria onbevlekte", published 1921 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Zes Gezelle-liederen voor SATB-koor, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
- by Jef Tinel (1885 - 1972), "O Maria onbevlekte", 1921. [four-part mixed chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
- by Jef Tinel (1885 - 1972), "O Maria onbevlekte", 1922. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2012-09-02
Line count: 15
Word count: 85