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by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803) and sometimes misattributed to Ludwig Gotthard Theobul Kosegarten (1758 - 1818)

Schlachtgesang
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie erscholl der Gang des lauten Heers
Von dem Gebirg in das Tal herab,
Da zu dem Angriff bei dem Waldstrom das Kriegslied
Zu der vertilgenden Schlacht und dem Siege den Befehl rief!

Mit herab zu großer Taten Ernst!
Zu der unsterblichen Rettung Ruhm!
Die am Gebirg bei dem Strom stolz uns erwarten,
Und im Gefilde der Schlacht mit dem Donner in dem Arm stehn,

O Tyrannenknechte sind sie nur!
Und vor dem Drohn des gesenkten Stahls,
Vor dem Herannahn, und dem Ausspruch der Freien,
Die sich dem Tode gelassener heiligen, entfliehn sie!

Note: the Zumsteeg setting is misattributed to Kosegarten.

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), "Schlachtgesang", appears in Oden [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
  • sometimes misattributed to Ludwig Gotthard Theobul Kosegarten (1758 - 1818)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714 - 1787), "Schlachtgesang", 1786 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760 - 1802), "Schlachtgesang", published 1800, from Kleine Balladen und Lieder, Heft I, no. 8 [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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 93

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