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«Lebe wohl» ‑ Du fühlest nicht

Language: German (Deutsch)

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«Lebe wohl» - Du [fühlest]¹ nicht,
Was es heißt, dies Wort der Schmerzen;
Mit getrostem Angesicht
Sagtest du's und leichtem Herzen.

Lebe wohl! - Ach tausendmal
Hab' ich mir es vorgesprochen
Und in nimmersatter Qual
Mir das Herz damit gebrochen!

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¹ Graben-Hoffmann: "fürchtest" (according to Hofmeister); further changes may exist not shown above.

Authorship:

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Lebewohl" [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 Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Lebe wohl", op. 15 (24 Lieder) no. 13 (>>2000) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand Debois , "Lebewohl", published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung , no. 2, Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Lebewohl' du fühlest nicht", op. 4 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1908 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942), "Lebe wohl", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 1 no. 23 (1939) [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Lebewohl", op. 3 (6 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier) no. 4 (1920) [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Dino Ghisalberti (1891 - 1949), "Lebewohl", 1916 [ voice and piano ], from Ventiquattro Camerale, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Lebe wohl", op. 88 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
by Georg Hering , "Lebe wohl, du fühlest nicht", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1879 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, (Friedrich) [sung text not yet checked]
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Lebe wohl! du fühlest nicht", op. 12 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1879? [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Lebewohl", op. 134 (6 Lieder für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1868 [ alto and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Langer (b. 1887), "Lebewohl" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Lebe wohl!", published 1859 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Pressel (1827 - 1890), "Leb wohl" [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Ries (1846 - 1932), "Lebewohl!", op. 21 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Erler [sung text not yet checked]
by Fritz Franz Schieri (1922 - 2009), "Lebewohl", 1939 [sung text not yet checked]
by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Lebe wohl", 1979 [sung text not yet checked]
by Jean-Pierre Waelbroeck (b. 1954), "Lebewohl", 1994 [sung text not yet checked]
by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Lebewohl" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Lebe wohl", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 36 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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