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by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

Heiterkeit, güldene, komm!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Heiterkeit, güldene, komm!
  du des Todes
heimlichster süßester Vorgenuß!
- Lief ich zu rasch meines Wegs?
Jetzt erst, wo der Fuß müde ward,
  holt dein Blick mich noch ein,
  holt dein Glück mich noch ein.
Rings nur Welle und Spiel.
  Was je schwer war,
sank in blaue Vergessenheit,
müßig steht nun mein Kahn.
Sturm und Fahrt - wie verlernt er das!
  Wunsch und Hoffnung ertrank,
  glatt liegt Seele und Meer.
Siebente Einsamkeit!
  Nie empfand ich
näher mir süße Sicherheit,
wärmer der Sonne Blick.
- Glüht nicht das Eis meiner Gipfel noch?
  Silbern, leicht, ein Fisch
  schwimmt nun mein Nachen hinaus ...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), no title, appears in Dionysos-Dithyramben, in 3. Die Sonne sinkt, no. 3 [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 Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862 - 1930), "Heiterkeit, güldene, komm!", op. 11 (Sieben Gesänge) no. 3, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Kreisende Ringe [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Oskar Fried (1871 - 1941), "Heiterkeit, güldene, komm", op. 7 (Sieben Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Heiterkeit, güldene, komm!", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Dichtungen von Friedrich Nietzsche, no. 7, Stockholm, Lundquist [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Heiterkeit, güldene, komm!", op. 92d no. 2 (2019) [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Rudolf Zwintscher (1871 - 1946), "Heiterkeit, güldne komm", published 1900 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Dionysos-Dithyramben für Baryton und Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, (Jost) [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Die Sonne sinkt", 1931 [ baritone and piano ], unpublished
    • View the full text. [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2007-05-31
Line count: 21
Word count: 97

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