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Text Authorship:

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Werdet nur nicht ungeduldig", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 43 [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 Karen De Pastel (b. 1949), "Werdet nur nicht ungeduldig", 1974, from Sieben Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Olivier Greif (1950 - 2000), "Werdet nur nicht ungeduldig", op. 49 (Light music) no. 2 (1974) [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Preludium", op. 54 no. 1, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Ad astra : Liederzyklus : fünf Gedichte von H. Heine, Tutschew, Cherubina de Gabriak und F. Sologub, no. 1, also set in English, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Kowalski (1882 - 1956), "Werdet nur nicht ungeduldig", 1937 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marlos Nobre de Almeida (b. 1939), "Werdet nur nicht ungeduldig", op. 90 no. 7 (2000) [ baritone and piano ], from Kleine Gedichte, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludwig Rottenberg (1864 - 1932), "Werdet nur nicht ungeduldig", published 1914, from Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sokolowsky , "Werdet nur nicht ungeduldig" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Werdet nur nicht ungeduldig", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 43 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) ; composed by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893) , no title ; composed by Nikolay Nikolayevich Sokolovsky.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , "O! Niemiejcie żalu", Warsaw, first published 1880

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