"Und meine Seele singt" (And my soul sings) is a new Christian hymn in German with text by Thomas Laubach and music by Thomas Quast. It was written based on the Magnificat, as a song of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied.
| "Und meine Seele singt" | |
|---|---|
| Christian hymn | |
| English | And my soul sings |
| Text | by Thomas Laubach |
| Language | German |
| Based on | Magnificat |
| Melody | by Thomas Quast |
| Composed | 2009 |
| Published | 2010 |
History and text
editThomas Laubach wrote the text of "Und meine Seele singt" based on the Magnificat.[1][2] The melody was composed by Thomas Quast in 2009.[3] It was first published in 2010 in the choral songbook of the band RUHAMA Ins Weite, and recorded.[4] It appeared in 2020 in the songbook God for You(th), a collection for young people.[1]
The text is in four stanzas of four lines each, with a short last line. The refrain "Und meine Seele singt" is sung after two stanzas and in the end. It text begins: "Du siehst mich an wie keiner, Du siehst uns, wie wir sind" (You look at me as nobody else, You see us as we are), beginning in the first person singular.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Und meine Seele singt". evangeliums.net (in German). 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Und meine Seele singt". Rumaha Liederbuch (in German). tvd-Verlag. 2014.
- ^ "Thomas Quast". Diocese of Cologne (in German). 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Ruhama: Neue CD "Ins Weite" und Chorbuch". musica-e-vita.de (in German). 23 June 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2023.