Am Flusse | Verfließet, vielgeliebte Lieder

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Am Flusse

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT CHI DUT ENG FRE ITA

Verfließet, vielgeliebte Lieder,
Zum Meere der Vergessenheit!
Kein Knabe sing' entzückt euch wieder,
Kein Mädchen in der Blütenzeit.

Ihr sanget nur von meiner Lieben;
Nun spricht sie meiner Treue Hohn.
Ihr wart ins Wasser eingeschrieben;
So fließt denn auch mit ihm davon.

G. Gerson sets stanza 1

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 68, and with Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1799, herausgegeben von Schiller. Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaischen Buchhandlung, page 231.

First published 1799 in Schiller's Musen-Almanach with the title "An meine Lieder" and with "Justus Amman" as the author's name.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Am Flusse", written 1768-9, first published 1799 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Catharina Baum (d. 1876), "Am Flusse", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf deutsche Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Franciscus (or Franz) Wilhelmus Bouman (1866 - 1896), "Am Flusse", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Rotterdam, Alsbach & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Dakon , "Am Flusse", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
by Georg Gerson (1790 - 1825), "Am Flusse ", G. 114 (1817), stanza 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791 - 1874), "Am Flusse", published c1830, from Sechs Lieder von Goethe, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Am Flusse", op. 22 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 6, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf et Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Am Flusse", H-U 204 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl August Heymann-Rheineck (1854 - 1922), "Am Flusse", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "Am Flusse", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1887 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Am Flusse", 1904 [ voice, lute, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Am Flusse", published 1809 [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Am Flusse", D 160 (1815), published 1894 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Am Flusse", D 766 (1822), published 1872 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Walter Schulthess (1894 - 1971), "Am Flusse" [sung text not yet checked]
by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Am Flusse", op. 55 (Gedichte von Goethe: III) no. 3 (1815?) [sung text not yet checked]
by Manfred Trojahn (b. 1949), "Am flusse" [ voice and piano ], from 4 Goethe Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Eugen de Westh , "Am Flusse", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 1, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "By the river", first published 1853

Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42

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