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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Chorus mysticus
 (Sung text for setting by J. Röntgen)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
 ... 

Chorus mysticus
    Alles Vergängliche
    Ist nur ein Gleichniß;
    Das Unzulängliche
    Hier wird’s Ereigniß;
    Das Unbeschreibliche
    Hier ist es gethan;
    Das Ewig-Weibliche
    Zieht uns hinan.

Note: Hermann Simon's setting begins "Höchste Herrscherin der Welt!"; the settings by Mojsisovics-Mojsvár and Röntgen begin "Alles Vergängliche", line -8 (or 8 from the end).

Composition:

    Set to music by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Chorus mysticus", 1931, stanza 29 [ solo voices, chorus, orchestra, and organ ], from Aus Goethes Faust, no. 12

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie zweiter Teil (Part II)

See other settings of this text.


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-05-09
Line count: 310
Word count: 1219

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