Die Liebe des Nächsten

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Song TitleDie Liebe des Nächsten (Search)
Composer(s):Ludwig van Beethoven
Author(s):Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
Keyword(s) & Features: Bible; Brothers; Christian Worship Service; God; Hating; Hypocrites; Love Thy Neighbor; Loving; Mockery; Neighbors; Religion; Religious; Truth
First LineSo jemand spricht: Ich liebe Gott! (Search)
Average Duration2:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1801 - 1802 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=6035
Larger WorkSix Songs, Op. 48 (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsGottsched's School (Search)
Original LanguageGerman (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/492BjjJp00ICKoV6SF3YT7
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/die-liebe-des-nachsten-2/
Catalog DesignationOp. 48 (Search)
Range: D4 - F5 (Search)
Original KeyBb Major (Search)
Dedicated ToCount Johann Georg von Browne (Search)
NotesText based on 1 John 4:20. From Gellert's fifty-four Geistliche Oden und Lieder, 18 sets of musical settings were published between 1758 and 1792. Could be considered a cycle. (Search)
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