by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Von allen guten Schwingen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ITA
Von allen guten Schwingen, Zu brechen durch die Zeit, Die mächtigste im Ringen, Das ist ein rechtes Leid.
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Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's sämmtliche Werke. Zweite Auflage. Erster Band. Leipzig, Voigt & Günther. 1864, page 318, as no. 3 of Sprüche. This also appears as no. 3 of Sprüche in Geistliche Lieder, page 577.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Sprüche, no. 3, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte, in Sprüche, no. 3, Leipzig, Voigt & Günther, first published 1864 [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 Wolfgang Fortner (1907 - 1987), "Von allen guten Schwingen", alternate title: "Von allen guten Schwingen" [ mixed chorus ], from Sprüche von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Spruch", op. 28, Heft 3 no. 2, published 1921, first performed 1922 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from Von deutscher Seele - Teil III - Der Liederteil, no. 2, Adolph Fürstner, Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Meditazione 1 da "Vita di poeta"", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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