While by my sheep I watched at night / Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht' (Traditional)
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- Editor: Christoph Lahme (submitted 2009-09-25). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 26 kB Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0 Germany
- Edition notes: Score with text in English and other score in German
- Arranger: Christoph Lahme
- Editor: Rod Mather (submitted 2008-12-16). Score information: A4, 1 page, 23 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes:
- Arranger: Hugo Jüngst
- Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-10-04). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 22 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Arranger: Hugo Jüngst
General Information
Title: Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht (While by my sheep I watched at night)
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Lyricist: Friedrich Spee
- Translation by Theodore Baker
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: An echo carol whose tune reached its usual form around 1871. Another popular singing translation is "My sheep were grazing in a field"
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German text Friedrich Spee (1591-1635) |
English translation Theodore Baker (1851-1934) |
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