Vier ernste Gesänge
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Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121, is a cycle of four songs for bass and piano by Johannes Brahms. As in his Ein deutsches Requiem, the texts are compiled from the Luther Bible. Three songs deal with death
Brahms, posthumous portrait adapted from a photograph
Ecclesiastes 3
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Ecclesiastes 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The book contains philosophical speeches by a character called 'Qohelet
Vier ernste Gesänge
…The Bible sources: Denn es gehet dem Menschen (It is for a person as it is for an animal) from Ecclesiastes (3:19–22) Ich wandte mich, und sahe an (I turned and looked upon everyone) from Ecclesiastes (4:1–3…
Ecclesiastes 2:10-26 on the right page and Ecclesiastes 3:1-14 on the left page of the Bible in Hebrew (reading from right to left).