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by Käthe Kollwitz, née Schmidt (1867 - 1945)

Es sind mit die feinsten Freuden des...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es sind mit die feinsten Freuden des Lebens,
die Freuden an Menschen und das mit ihnen
Sympathisieren. Liebe oder Verliebtheit braucht
da gar nicht mitzuspielen. 

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•   R. Gawlick 

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Note: Gawlick's song includes an unsung quote at the top from Goethe's "Künstler’s Morgenlied" :

Der Tempel ist [mir] aufgebaut,
Ihr hohen Musen all,
Und hier in meinem Herzen ist
Das Allerheiligste.


Text Authorship:

  • by Käthe Kollwitz, née Schmidt (1867 - 1945), no title, written 1928, Seite 102 (page 102): März (March), 1928 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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  • by Ralf Yusuf Gawlick (b. 1969), "Selbstbildnis en face, lachend (um 1888/1889)", op. 19 no. 1a (2012-2013) [ soprano and guitar ], from Kollwitz-Konnex (…im Frieden seiner Hände), song cycle for soprano & guitar, no. 1a
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2019-07-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 26

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