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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, pages 58-59.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "An die Schönheit", written 1900, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in An die Schönheit, first published 1919 [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 Rudolf Brömel (b. 1877), "An die Schönheit", published 1945-8 [ voice and piano ], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Richard Gress (1893 - 1988), "An die Schönheit", op. 85 no. 2, published 1950 [ voice, oboe, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Otto Hildemann , "An die Schönheit", <<1950 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ludwig Jamöck , "An die Schönheit", 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Franz Krause (b. 1889), "Gebet an die Schönheit", op. 15 no. 2, published 1958 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Wilhelm Lache , "An die Schönheit ", 1952 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Heinrich Pestalozzi (1878 - 1940), "An die Schönheit ", op. 45 no. 4, published 1926 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Fünf gemischte Chöre, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "An die Schönheit ", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Herbert Schweikert (b. 1927), "An die Schönheit", published 1959 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from Licht und Trost, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Herbert Schweikert (b. 1927), "An die Schönheit ", 1957 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Alfred Stier (1880 - 1968), "An die Schönheit ", <<1954 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Hermann Unger (1886 - 1958), "An die Schönheit ", 1949 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "An die Schönheit ", op. 11 no. 1, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Zweiter Liederkreis - 15 Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Paul Zoll (1907 - 1978), "An die Schönheit ", published 1959 [ vocal quartet and orchestra ], from Ode an die Musik - Kantate für Soli, Chor und Orchester , no. 4d [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To Beauty", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text was added to the website: 2014-03-01
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