by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Von allen guten Schwingen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ITA
Von allen guten Schwingen, Zu brechen durch die Zeit, Die mächtigste im Ringen, Das ist ein rechtes Leid.
About the headline (FAQ)
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.
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
Research team for this text: Linda Godry , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
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