Die Himmel erzählen (from 'The Creation') (Franz Joseph Haydn)
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Title: Die Himmel erzählen (from 'The Creation')
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Oratorio
Language: German
Instruments: strings, continuo
Published:
Description:
Original text and translations
Psalm 19.1–3
German text
CHOR
- Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes,
- Und seiner Hände Werk zeigt an das Firmament.
GABRIEL, URIEL, RAPHAEL
- Dem kommenden Tage sagt es der Tag,
- Die Nacht, die verschwand, der folgenden Nacht:
CHOR
- Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes,
- Und seiner Hände Werk zeigt an das Firmament.
GABRIEL, URIEL, RAPHAEL
- In alle Welt ergeht das Wort,
- Jedem Ohre klingend,
- Keiner Zunge fremd:
CHOR
- Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes,
- Und seiner Hände Werk zeigt an das Firmament.
English translation
CHOIR
- The heavens are telling the glory of God
- and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
GABRIEL, URIEL, RAPHAEL
- One day tells it to the day that is coming,
- and the night that has gone [tells it] to the following night.
CHOIR
- The heavens are telling the glory of God
- and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
GABRIEL, URIEL, RAPHAEL
- The word goes out into all the world,
- sounding in every ear,
- foreign to no tongue.
