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Glück und Glas
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Glück und Glas by Bernhard Mettenleiter — Lyrics
Gar wunderseltsam ist des Glückes Walten,
es lässt sich leichter finden als erhalten;
es wankt, wenn man’s am mindesten besorgt;
wen es betrüben will, dem gibt es früh
und nimmt ihm vor der Zeit, was es ihm lieh;
den macht es töricht, dem’s zu viel geborgt,
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About Glück und Glas
Bernhard Mettenleiter’s Glück und Glas is a German secular partsong for SSA and TTB voices. The music reflects the text’s contemplation of fortune and glass, comparing their fragility and unpredictability. The piece explores how easily happiness can be found and lost, and how it can lead to folly or sorrow when possessed in excess. The opening lines set a thoughtful, almost cautionary tone, as the composer uses the interplay of the voices to illustrate the fleeting nature of good fortune. The contrast between the delicate imagery of glass and the weighty theme of fate creates a musically and thematically rich experience for the choir.
