Selig sind die Toten, SWV 391 (Heinrich Schütz)

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General Information

Title: Selig sind die Toten, SWV 391
Composer: Heinrich Schütz

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB

Genre: SacredAnthem

Language: German
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1648

Description: from Geistliche Chormusik

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Original text and translations

German.png German text

Selig sind die Toten,
die in dem Herren sterben,
von nun an.
Ja der Geist spricht:
Sie ruhen von ihrer Arbeit
und ihre Werke folgen ihnen nach.

English.png English translation

Blessed are the dead,
that die in the Lord
from now on.
Yea, the Spirit speaks:
they rest from their labors
and their works follow them.