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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Zündet die Lampen an
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Diener 
Zündet die Lampen an,
Windet auch Kränze dran, 
Hell sei das Haus! 
Ehret die nächtige 
Feier mit Tanz und Schmaus,
Capulet der Prächtige 
Richtet sie aus. 

Kommet, ihr Freunde viel,
Gastlich zu Tanz und Spiel,
Frei ist die Bahn! 
Was er bereitete,
Wohl ists getan. 
Seltsam Gekleidete 
Treten heran.

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Confirmed with Goethes poetische Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe, Vierter Band: Frühe Dramen, Bruchstücke, Übersetzungen und Bearbeitungen, J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 1953, page 1179.


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Romeo und Julia. Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügen von Shakespeare. Nach August Wilhelm Schlegels Ülbersetzung für die weimarische Bühne bearbeitet, Act I, Scene 1 [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 August Eberhard Müller (1767 - 1817), "Chor zu Romeo und Julia", published 1812 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-21
Line count: 15
Word count: 50

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