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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille
Freudvoll/ Und leidvoll
Language: German (Deutsch)
Freudvoll Und leidvoll, Gedankenvoll seyn; [Langen]1 Und bangen In schwebender Pein; Himmelhoch jauchzend Zum Tode betrübt; Glücklich allein Ist die Seele, die liebt.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Achter Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, pages 231-232, and with Egmont. Trauerspiel von Goethe. Leipzig bei Georg Joachim Göschen 1788, page 97.
Note for line 4 word 1: some editions not endorsed by Goethe have "Hangen" instead of "Langen".
1 Liszt, Rubinstein: "Hangen"Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Egmont, Act III, Clärchen's song, first published 1788 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Freudvoll und leidvoll", op. 84 no. 2 (1810), from stage composition Egmont, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Berner (1780 - 1827), "Lied aus Egmont" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Braunfels (1882 - 1954), "Freudvoll, leidvoll", op. 29 no. 1 (1916-17) [ voice and piano ], from Drei Goethe-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Freudvoll und leidvoll ", op. 32 (Lieder und Gesänge von Goethe) no. 1, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Adrian Götzloff (d. 1836), "Aus dem Egmont", published c1806 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Graff , "Freudvoll und leidvoll", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Kassel, Voigt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cornelius Wilhelm de Groot (1914 - 1993), "Wonne der Liebe", published 194-?, from 7 Goethe Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805 - 1900), "Clärchens Lied aus 'Egmont'", op. 13 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. ) no. 3, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Hinrichs (1820 - 1892), "Freudvoll und leidvoll", op. 7 (Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung), Heft 2 (Zehn Lieder) no. 3, published 1879 [ mezzo-soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Christoph Kienlen (1783 - 1829), "Klärchens Lied, aus Egmont", 1810, from Zwölf Lieder von Goethe, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Krežma (1862 - 1881), "Klärchen's Lied", op. 3 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 10, published 1879 [ high voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Bonneval de La Trobe (1769 - 1845), "Freudvoll und leidvoll", from Zwölf deutsche Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lenhuk , "Leidvoll und freudvoll", published <<1815 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte von Goethe und Schiller, no. 7, [sic] for the title [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Freudvoll und leidvoll", S. 280 no. 1 (1844), published 1848 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Vienna, Haslinger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Freudvoll und leidvoll", S. 280 no. 2 (1849), published 1860 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by F. Partzsch , "Freudvoll und leidvoll ", published [c1830] [ voice and piano ], from Acht Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 8, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruno Ramann (1832 - 1897), "Freudvoll und leidvoll", op. 12 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3, published 1869 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Kassel, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Liebe", published 1804 [ voice, piano ], Lieder der Liebe und der Einsamkeit II; Leipzig, bei Gerhard Fleischer dem Jüngern [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Clärchens Lied", op. 57 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1862 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Liebe", D 210 (1815), published 1838 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Elisabeth Charlotta Henrietta Ernestina Sonntag (1866 - 1950), as Else Headlam-Morley, "Clärchen's Lied", first performed 1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Aus Egmont", op. 10 no. 1 (1933) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Clärchen", 1804 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De liefde", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Richard Morris) , "Joyful and sorrowful", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "Joyful and woeful", first published 1911
- ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "Clara's song"
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'amour", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 24
L'amour
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Plein de joie Et plein de chagrin, Être en contemplation ; Saisi Et anxieux Dans une douleur en suspens ; Se réjouir jusqu'aux cieux Désespérant jusqu'à la mort ; Seul est heureuse L'âme qui aime.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Egmont, Act III, Clärchen's song, first published 1788
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-16
Line count: 10
Word count: 32