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Das Angenehme dieser Welt hab' ich genossen, [Die Jugendstunden sind]1, wie lang! wie lang! verflossen, April und Mai und Julius sind ferne, Ich bin nichts mehr, ich lebe nicht mehr gerne!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Hindemith: "Der Jugend Freuden"
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- by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Das Angenehme dieser Welt...", appears in Gedichte 1806-1843 [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 Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Das Angenehme dieser Welt", op. 109 (6 Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier) no. 2 (1938) [medium voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Fragment", 1933 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Das Angenehme dieser Welt", from Hölderlin-Lieder: Zweiter Zyklus, no. 14 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Michael Komma (b. 1913), "Das Angenehme dieser Welt", 1970 [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Erich Adolf Saudek (1904 - 1963) , copyright © ENG FRE ; composed by Gideon Klein.
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- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "I have enjoyed this agreeable world", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Michael Komma
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De ce monde agréable j'ai bénéficié, Les [heures]1 de la jeunesse, combien longues, combien longues, sont passées, Avril et mai et juillet sont loin, Je ne suis plus rien, je ne veux plus vivre !
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"Das Angenehme dieser Welt..." = "De ce monde agréable..."
"Fragment" = "Fragment"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Das Angenehme dieser Welt...", appears in Gedichte 1806-1843
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