by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Die stille Freude wollt ihr stören?
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die stille Freude wollt ihr stören? Laßt mich bei meinem Becher Wein; Mit andern kann man sich belehren, Begeistert wird man nur allein.
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Confirmed with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Poetische Werke, Band 2, Berlin, 1960, page 108.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Chinesisch-deutsche Jahres- und Tageszeiten, no. 13 [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 Patrick J. Zimmerli (b. 1968), "Die Stille Freude", 2011, published 2011 [soprano and piano], from Wine songs for mezzo-soprano voice and piano, no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]
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