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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Wenn du willst im Menschenherzen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn du willst im Menschenherzen
Alle Saiten rühren an,
Stimme du den Ton der Schmerzen,
Nicht den Klang der Freuden an.

Mancher ist wohl, der erfahren
Hat auf Erden keine Lust,
Keiner, der nicht still bewahren
Wird ein Weh in seiner Brust.

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•   W. Platz 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich Rückert, Neue Auswahl, Zwei und zwanzigste Auflage, Frankfurt am Main, J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1886, page 9.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Dem Liebesänger" [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 Johann Baptiste André (1823 - 1882), "Guter Rath", op. 47 (Acht zweistimmige Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ duet for 2 mezzo-sopranos with piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ignaz Moscheles (1794 - 1870), "Dem Liebesänger", op. 117 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by C. Otto Schaefer , "Dem Liebesänger", published 1877 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Sechs deutsche Minnelieder für Bariton (oder Mezzo-Sopran) mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bernhard Ernst Scholz (1835 - 1916), "Dem Liebesänger", op. 11 (Sechs zweistimmige Lieder mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1878 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Theodor Twietmeyer , "Dem Liebesänger", op. 5 (Acht Lieder) no. 1, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Julius Urban (1838 - 1918), "Wenn du willst im Menschenherzen", op. 15 (Zwei Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Mendel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Wenn du willst im Menschenherzen", op. 11 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. ) no. 5, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Bauer [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Wilhelm Platz , "Motto", published 1900, from Hundert Lieder, no. 1
    • View the full text. [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 45

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