Das Kreuz

Das Kreuz, das mußt' er tragen
bis an die selbige Statt,
wo er gemartert ward.
Maria, die stund auch dabei
und weint' ganz bitterlich
um ihren Jesu Christ.
'O Mutter, laß das Weinen!
Die Martern, die sind klein,
das Himmelreich ist mein.'

by Peter Rosegger (1843-1918)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Anton von Webern (1883-1945) , "Das Kreuz", op. 15 no. 1 (1917-22) [soprano, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, harp, violin, and viola], from Fünf geistliche Lieder, no. 1.

FRE French (Guy Laffaille)

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