Gesang der Mönche
| Song Title | Gesang der Mönche (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Author(s): | Friedrich Schiller |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Afterlife; Brevity of Life; Courses; Crashing; Death; Existentialism; Full; Happening; Humankind; Judging; Judgment; Judgment Day; Life; Mankind; Middle; Midst; Monks; Occurring; Paths; People; Quick; Ready; Ripping; Songs; Standing; Tearing; Trio |
| First Line | Rasch tritt der Tod den Menschen (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1817 (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Sturm und Drang; Weimar Classicism (Search) |
| Original Language | German (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/1/15/IMSLP318870-PMLP121131-LvBeethoven_Gesang_der_Mönche,_WoO_104_BH_Werke.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjWtPSrLOjw |
| Catalog Designation | WoO 104 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | 2 Tenors and Bass |
| Range: | Tenor I: G3; Tenor II: D3; Bass: G2 - Tenor I: C4; Tenor II: G3; Bass: G3 |
| Original Key | C minor (Search) |
| Premiered By | (Search) |
| Notes | Text taken from poet's play Wilhelm Tell, Act IV, sc iii (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | A cappella (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |