Heinrich Schütz Das Benedicite vor dem Essen

10. Aller Augen warten auf dich, Herre
Das Benedicite vor dem Essen (First Part)
All our eyes do wait, O Lord, upon thee,
and thou givest unto them their meat in due season.
Thou openest thine hand in mercy,
and fillest with plenteousness all creatures living.
Ps 145:15–16

(Second Part)
Our Father, which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done,
in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us, Lord, this day our daily bread.
And forgive us all our trespasses,
as we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil:

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10. Aller Augen warten auf dich, Herre
Das Benedicite vor dem Essen (Erster Teil)
Aller Augen warten auf dich, Herre,
und du gibest ihnen ihre Speise zu seiner Zeit.
Du tust deine milde Hand auf
und sättigest alles, was da lebet, mit Wohlgefallen.
Ps 145,15–16

(Zweiter Teil)
Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel!
Geheilget werde dein Nam.
Zukomm dein Reich. Dein Will gescheh,
wie im Himmel, also auch auf Erden.
Unser täglich Brot gib uns, Herr, heute.
Und vergib uns unser Schulden,
wie wir vergeben unsern Schuldigern.
Und führ uns nicht in Versuchung,
sondern erlöse uns vom Übel.

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Oliver Geisler
Translation: Liz Robinson

For “practical use”: Introduction A glance at music history always reveals more than just music. For music can also be regarded as a mirror or the essence of a whole culture. Indeed, even more importantly, studying and listening to music means learning something about societies and people. How valuable, therefore, are those works which are all too readily labelled “Gebrauchsmusik” (functional music) and consigned to oblivion in favor of the compositional high points of an era. Such works offer a glimpse into the workshops, laboratories, studies and living rooms of a society. Churches, castles and reception rooms are beautiful and imposing, but they also dazzle – because they are always designed to impress. Functional music is concerned with the everyday and with “real life.” And precisely because of this, such works are still performed today, even if they at first appear less grand.

Of the Zwölf geistliche Gesänge it is said that Schütz “sketched them in his spare time.” Evidently

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