by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Herr, laß dir gefallen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Herr, laß dir gefallen Dieses kleine Haus! Größre kann man bauen, Mehr kommt nicht heraus.
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Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 6. Buch der Sprüche -- Hikmet Nameh [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 Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Herr, laß dir gefallen dieses kleine Haus!", op. 49 no. 12 (1949) [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-21
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