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Text Authorship:

• by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Aus dem nachlasse Mirza Schaffy's: Neues Liederbuch, in 1. Lieder der Liebe, in 1. Vorklänge, no. 4 [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 Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840 - 1913), "Einst wollt' ich einen Kranz dir winden", op. 12 (Fünf Gedichte) no. 3, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Oldenburg, Schulze [sung text not yet checked]
• by William Humphreys Dayas (1863 - 1903), "Einst wollt' ich einen Kranz dir winden", op. 10 no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Stimmungsbilder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
• by Walter Imboden , "Einst wollt' ich einen Kranz dir winden", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Firnberg [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Einst", S. 332 (1878), published 1879 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Outrora", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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