Busslied
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Susan McDaniel| Song Title | Busslied (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Author(s): | Christian Fürchtegott Gellert |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: God; Aid; Atonement; Being Forsaken; Bible; Christian Worship Service; Comfort; Distress; Evil; Forbearance; God; Grace; Guilt; Helping; Hurrying; Laws; Lent; Mercy; Omniscient; Patience; Prayers; Religion; Religious; Repentance; Sacred; Seeking Forgiveness; Servants; Sighs; Sinning; Souls; Suffering; Tears; Walking; Wills |
| First Line | An dir allein, an dir hab' ich gesündigt (Search) |
| Average Duration | 5:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1801 - 1802 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=6040 |
| Larger Work | Six Songs, Op. 48 (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Gottsched's School (Search) |
| Original Language | German (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/f/fa/IMSLP317032-PMLP58721-LvBeethoven_6_Lieder,_Op.48_BH_Werke.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/5ZXD8EQ3jiEMMDuLI26YzU |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 48 (Search) |
| Range: | D#4 - G5 (Search) |
| Original Key | A minor/A Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Count Johann Georg von Browne (Search) |
| Notes | Text based on Psalm 51:4. Poet born in Geneva, son of a watchmaker, mother died in childbirth, father left when he was 10, music copyist (Search) |