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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

Freundschaft
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn Menschen sich aus innrem Werte kennen,
So können sie sich freudig Freunde nennen,
Das Leben ist den Menschen so bekannter,
Sie finden es im Geist interessanter.
 
Der hohe Geist ist nicht der Freundschaft ferne,
Die Menschen sind den Harmonien gerne
Und der Vertrautheit hold, daß sie der Bildung leben,
Auch dieses ist der Menschheit so gegeben.

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843) [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 Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Freundschaft", 1982-91 [tenor and piano], from Hölderlin-Lieder: Erster Zyklus, no. 15. [ sung text verified 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2007-09-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 57

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