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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Worauf kommt es überall an
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Worauf kommt es überall an.
Daß der Mensch gesundet?
Jeder höret gern den Schall an,
Der zum Ton sich rundet.

Alles weg, was deinen Lauf stört!
Nur kein [düster]1 Streben!
Eh er singt und eh er aufhört,
Muß der Dichter leben.

Und so mag des Lebens Erzklang
Durch die Seele dröhnen!
Fühlt der Dichter sich das Herz bang,
Wird sich selbst versöhnen.

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•   K. Zelter 

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1 Zelter: "finster"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Dreistigkeit", appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 1. Buch des Sängers -- Moganni Nameh [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 Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Entschluss", published 1826 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Tafel-Lieder für Männerstimmen: Für die Liedertafel zu Berlin, von Carl Fried. Zelter. Heft V, no. 5, Berlin: T. Trautwein [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2017-09-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

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