Friedrich Gottlob Klopstock

Friedrich Gottlob Klopstock

Born July 2, 1724  (Quedlinburg).
Died March 14, 1803  (Hamburg).

Texts by this poet

• Nun lasst uns den Leib begraben  (Begräbnislied), D 168 (Let us now bury the body (Burial song))
• Jesus Christus unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand (Osterlied), D 168A (Jesus Christ our saviour, who overcame death (Easter song))
• Das Rosenband, D 280 (The pink ribbon)
• Furcht der Geliebten – An Cidli, D 285 (The beloved's fear - To Cidli)
• Selma und Selmar, D 286 (Selma und Selmar)
• Vaterlandslied, D 287 (Song of the fatherland)
• An Sie, D 288 (To her)
• Die Sommernacht, D 289 (The summer night)
• Die frühen Gräber, D 290 (The early graves)
• Dem Unendlichen, D 291 (For the infinite being)
• Hermann und Thusnelda, D 322 (Hermann and Thusnelda)
• Das große Halleluja, D 442 (The great Halleluja)
• Schlachtgesang, D 443, D 912 (Battle song)
• Die Gestirne, D 444 (The constellations)
• Edone, D 445 (Edone)