Consiglio per la salute | Chi non ama le Donne, il Canto ed il Vino

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possibly by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) and possibly by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Wer nicht liebt Weib, Wein und Gesang

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ITA

Wer nicht liebt [Weib, Wein]¹ und Gesang,
Der bleibt ein Narr sein Lebenlang.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Kraus

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Note: this is a saying ("Spruch") that first appeared in Wandsbecher Bote, 1775, No. 75, p. 300; and then in the Musenalmanach, 1777, of Johann Heinrich Voss, who may merely have claimed Luther said it. It also appears in a poem by Voss titled "An Luther". L. Waldmann's song Luther's Wahrspruch also refers to it.

¹ Brümmer, Kraus: "Wein, Weib"

Text Authorship:

possibly by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
possibly by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826) [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 Carl Heinrich Brümmer (d. 1872), "Martin Luther", published c1808 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Kühnel [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexander Julius Paul Dorn (1833 - 1901), "Wer nicht liebt Wein, Weib und Gesang", subtitle: "Walzer", published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Sulzbach [sung text not yet checked]
by Joseph Martin Kraus (1756 - 1792), "Gesundheit", VB 97 (1782) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760 - 1802), "Canon a 4", published 1803, from Kleine Balladen und Lieder, Heft V, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Four-part canon"

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Consiglio per la salute

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Chi non ama le Donne, il Canto ed il Vino
Per l'intera sua vita resterà un cretino!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) possibly by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) and possibly by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826)
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This text was added to the website: 2007-07-03
Line count: 2
Word count: 17