[Es lebe Paul der Medicus]1
Er schrieb an den Timotheus:
"Um deines schwachen Magens willen,
Sollst du den Durst mit Weine stillen."
Das war ein Mann nach unserm Fuß!
Es leb' Sanct Paul der Medicus!

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Note: misattributed by Dorn or his publisher as Goethe. Found in a student album from 1690

¹ Zelter, Dorn: "Sanct Paulus war ein Medicus!"

Text Authorship:

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from Studentenlieder (Kindleben), first published 1781 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
• sometimes misattributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Heinrich (Ludwig Egmont) Dorn (1804 - 1892), "Sankt Paulus", op. 13 (Sechs Gesänge für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 1 (1832), published 1834 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Sanct Paulus", 1816 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2008-05-17
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