by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Strugovshchikov (1809 - 1878)
Translation Singable translation by Hans Schmidt (1854 - 1923)
O frage nicht
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Russian (Русский)
O frage nicht
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Hans Schmidt (1854 - 1923)
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Strugovshchikov (1809 - 1878), "Не спрашивай"
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1782, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "O frage nicht", op. 57 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 3, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock, also set in Russian (Русский)
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