by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Was die Großen Gutes taten
Language: German (Deutsch)
Was die Großen Gutes taten, Sah ich oft in meinem Leben; Was uns nun die Völker geben, Deren auserwählte Weisen Nun zusammen sich beraten, Mögen unsre Enkel preisen, Die's erleben.
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- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 8. Zahme Xenien, no. 9 [author's text not yet checked 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 Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Was die Großen Gutes taten", op. 49 no. 8 (1949) [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-21
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