Ihr guten Herrn, ihr schönen Frauen,
So wohlgetputzt und backenrot,
Belieb' es euch mich anzuschauen
Und seht und mildert meine Not!
Laßt hier mich nicht vergebens leiern!
Nur der ist froh, der geben mag.
Ein Tag, den alle Menschen feiern,
Er sei für mich ein Erntetag.

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Text Authorship:

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I) [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 Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Ein Bettler vor dem Tor", 1820 [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge aus Goethe's Faust, no. 2, an edition from 1836 is mentioned by Hofmeister, published Wien, Trentsensky [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Ihr guten Herr'n, ihr schönen Frauen", op. 57 no. 57, published 1877 [ bass and piano ], from Aus der Musik zu Goethe's Faust, no. 57, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Antoni Henryk Radziwill, Fürst (1775 - 1833), "Bettler Lied", published 1835, from Compositionen zu Göthe's Faust, no. 3, Berlin: Zum ausschliesslichen Debit in Commission bei T. Trautwein, Buch-und Musikhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Vor dem Tor", 1931 [ solo voices, chorus, orchestra, and organ ], from Aus Goethes Faust, no. 4, title of the translation to Italian: "Fuori porta"
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• FRE French (Français) (Gérard Labrunie) , no title
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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