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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Wissen möcht' ich nur, wie lange
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wissen möcht' ich nur, wie lange
Ich dir spielen könnt' im Haar,
Oder streicheln an der Wange,
Oder sehn ins Augenpaar;
Wissen möcht' ich, ob auf Erden
Noch ein solches Spiel es giebt.
Das man, ohne müde werden,
Treiben kann als wie man [liebt]1.

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•   H. von Herzogenberg 

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1 Herzogenberg: "will"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 2. Amaryllis - Agnes, no. 2 [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 U. Aue , "Amaryllis", op. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850 - 1928), "Wissen möcht' ich", op. 31 (Sieben Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 6 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Wie lange?", op. 30 (Fünf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1882 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "Wie lange?", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Leander Schlegel (1844 - 1913), "Wissen möcht' ich nur, wie lange", op. 20 no. 5 (1900), published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Deutsche Liebeslieder. Ein Cyklus für 1 Singstimme und Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

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