Text & Translation
Chor der Engel
German source:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Freude dem Sterblichen,
den die verderblichen,
schleichenden, erblichen
Mängel umwanden.
Choir of Angels
English translation ©
Richard Wigmore
Joy to the mortal,
Enmeshed in
Corrupting,
Insidious, inherited
Sins.
Chor der Engel
German source:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Choir of Angels
English source:
Richard Wigmore
Christ ist erstanden!
Christ is risen!
Freude dem Sterblichen,
Joy to the mortal,
den die verderblichen,
Enmeshed in
schleichenden, erblichen
Corrupting,
Mängel umwanden.
Insidious, inherited
Composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an late Classical and early Romantic composer. He produced a vast oeuvre during his short life, composing more the 600 vocal works (largely Lieder), and well as several symphonies, operas, and a large body of piano music. He…
Poet
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on…