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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Ihr lieben Christen allgemein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ihr lieben Christen allgemein,
Wenn wollt ihr euch verbessern?
Ihr könnt nicht anders ruhig sein
Und euer Glück vergrößern.
Das Laster weh dem Menschen tut;
Die Tugend ist das höchste Gut
Und liegt euch vor den Füßen.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Neueröffnetes moralisch-politisches Puppenspiel [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 Anna Amalia, Herzogin von Sachsen-Weimar (1739 - 1807), "Bänkelsängerlied" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by August Conradi (1821 - 1873), "Bänkelsängerlied", published 1900 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Gunkel (1866 - 1901), "Bänkelsängerlied", published 1900 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Martin Reinthaler (1822 - 1896), "Bänkelsängerlied", appeared in Jahrmarktsfest zu Plundersweilern. Enstehungs- und Bühnengeschichte von Max Herrmann. Berlin: Weidmann, 1900 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-15
Line count: 7
Word count: 37

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