Drei schöne Ding sind (Johann Hermann Schein)

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Editor: Peter Kaplan (submitted 2010-12-23).   Score information: Letter, 15 pages, 147 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: In original key. Altus part written in tenor clef.

General Information

Title: Drei schöne Ding sind
Translated Title: Three beautiful things
Composer: Johann Hermann Schein
Larger work: Israelsbrünnlein (Fontana d'Israel)

Number of voices: 5vv, polyphonic
Voicing: SSTTB or SSATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: German
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1623

Description: Number 20 from Johann Schein's masterwork Israelsbrünnlein (or Fontana d'Israel).

Original text and translations

German.png German text
Drei schöne ding sind, die beide Gott und Menschen wohlgefallen,
wenn Brüder eins sind; wenn die Nachbarn sich lieb haben;
wenn Mann und Weib sich miteinander wohl begehen.

English.png English translation
Three beautiful things, which are approved before God and men:
The concord of brethren, the love of neighbors,
and the commitment of husband and wife to one another.