Psalm 23 D 706 [Op. post. 132]
Gott ist mein Hirt
Sheet Music

Women's choir, piano

SKU: BR.PB-1657

Gott ist mein Hirt. Composed by Franz Schubert. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). Romantic. Full score. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB-1657. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-1657).

ISBN 979-0-004-20012-4. 9 x 12 in inches.

1820 was not a good year for Franz Schubert. He was in the middle of a compositional crisis; he was issued a warning for slandering the authorities; and he added, with few exceptions, mostly fragments to his oeuvre.

One of the exceptions is this setting of Psalm 23. With the piano's lyrical accompaniment, Schubert created a musical backdrop for the four-part women's chorus which takes the listener to a meadow where shepherds gather with their grazing sheep. It also leads through the dark valley to the water - and to the richly laid-out table that is the object of this piece.