by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)
Zu Rossen, ewige Lust
Language: German (Deutsch)
Zu Rossen, ewige Lust Zu leben, wie wenn Nachtigallen Süssen Ton der Heimat oder die Schneegans Den Ton anstimmet über Dem Erdkreis, sehnend.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Hymns and Fragments by Friedrich Hölderlin, translated and introduced by Richard Sieburth, Princeton University Press, 1984.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Friedhelm Döhl (b. 1936), "Zu Rossen", subtitle: "Rondo I", 1969, first performed 1971 [ baritone and piano ], from ". . . wenn aber . . ." / 9 Fragmente nach Hölderlin, no. 4, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Michael Komma (1913 - 2012), "Zu Rossen", 1975 [sung text checked 1 time]
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