by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Wer geboren in bös'sten Tagen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wer geboren in bös'sten Tagen, Dem werden selbst die bösen behagen.
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1815, 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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Wer geboren in bös'sten Tagen", published 1905, fragment [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "A chi è nato in tempi terribili", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-23
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