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Wie wundersam ist dies Verlorengeh'n In Liebestiefen ohne Ziel [und]1 Schranken: Die ganze Welt mit lichten Augen seh'n, Im Sonnenschimmer klarer Freude geh'n, Eins sein in [einem tiefen]2 Glücksgedanken! Und wie im Leben auch die Stürme weh'n, Da ist kein [Zagen und da]3 ist kein Schwanken: Fest steht die Liebe, [wie]4 die Sterne steh'n -- Wie wundersam ist dies Verlorengeh'n In Liebestiefen ohne [Ziel und]5 Schranken!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Karl Stieler, Gesammelte Werke, Zweiter Band, Gesammelte Dichtungen (hochdeutsch), Stuttgart: Verlag von Adolf Bonz & Comp., 1908, page 308.
1 Grimm: "noch"2 Grimm: "einem"
3 Gellert: "Zagen, da"; Grimm: "Zagen,"
4 Gellert: "fest wie"
5 Gellert: "Ziel, ohne"; Grimm: "Ziel noch"
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Wie wundersam . . . !", appears in Wanderzeit. Ein Liederbuch, in 1. Auszug, first published 1882 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Carl Beines (1869 - 1950), "Wie wundersam", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Stimme und Pianoforte, no. 12, Renksche Musikalienhandlung in Freiburg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Fassbaender (1869 - 1920), "Wie wundersam ist dies Verlorengehn", op. 29 (Drei Lieder von Karl Stieler) no. 2, published 1894 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig : Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Gellert (1827 - 1913), "Wie wundersam", op. 22 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1883 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Henkel  [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Karl Grimm (b. 1902), "Wie wundersam ist dies Verlorengehn", op. 34 no. 4, published 1959 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder der Sehnsucht, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Wie wundersam", op. 68 (Sieben Lieder) no. 2, published 1906? [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anna von Kühlmann-Redwitz (1852 - 1924), "Wie wundersam ist dies Verlorengehn", published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Gedichte von Karl Stieler für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, München, Aibl [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Ferdinand, Prince of Bavaria (1859 - 1949), "Wie wundersam?" [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder auf Gedichte von Karl Stieler, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Posca , "Wie wundersam ist dies Verlorengehn", op. 21 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ollendorff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Rochlitzer (1880 - 1945), "Wie wundersam", op. 16 (1898) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Roesch (1862 - 1925), "Wie wundersam ist dies Verlorengeh'n", published 1895 [ soprano and piano ], from Drei Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max von Schillings (1868 - 1933), "Wie wundersam", op. 2 no. 3, published 1890 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder aus der "Wanderzeit" von Carl Stieler, no. 3, München, Seiling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Wie wundersam!", op. 53 (Vier Duette) no. 2, published 1896 [ duet for alto and baritone with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Steinmann (flourished c1884-1906), "Wie wundersam", op. 42 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Hannover, Gries [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) Oskar Wermann (1840 - 1906), "Wie wundersam ist dies Verlorengeh'n", op. 74 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Zittau, Loebel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2008-10-25
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Word count: 70
How wondrous is this losing of one’s self In depths of love [without goal and]1 barriers: To see the whole world with bright eyes, To walk in the shimmering sunshine of pure joy, To be at one in [a deep]2 thought of happiness! And however much the storms may blow in life, There is no [hesitating and]3 there is no faltering: Love stands as firm as the stars stand -- How wondrous is this losing one’s self In depths of love [without goal and]1 barriers!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Wie wundersam . . . !" = "How wondrous . . . !"
"Wie wundersam ist das Verlorengehn" = "How wondrous is this losing of one’s self"
"Wie wundersam ist dies Verlorengeh'n" = "How wondrous is this losing of one’s self"
2 Grimm: "a"
3 Grimm: "hesitating,"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Wie wundersam . . . !", appears in Wanderzeit. Ein Liederbuch, in 1. Auszug, first published 1882
This text was added to the website: 2024-06-14
Line count: 10
Word count: 88