by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
O Menschenherz, was ist dein Glück?
Language: German (Deutsch)
O Menschenherz, was ist dein Glück? Ein rätselhaft geborner, Und, kaum gegrüßt, verlorner, Unwiederholter Augenblick!
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Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Frage", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte [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 Banck (1809 - 1889), "Frage ", op. 69 (Dichtungen von Lenau, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 13, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Frage I", op. 9 no. 1 (1925) [ low voice and piano ], from Frage, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Frage II", op. 9 no. 8 (1925) [ low voice and piano ], from Frage, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Frage", op. 92e no. 7 (2019) [ baritone and piano ], from Kaleidoskop. Liederzyklus for baritone and piano, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "O Menschenherz, was ist dein Glück?", op. 26 (Vier Gedichte für Männerchor oder Quartett) no. 1, published 1881 [ men's chorus or vocal quartet a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
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