by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Ganymed
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wie im Morgenglanze Du rings mich anglühst, Frühling, Geliebter! Mit tausendfacher Liebeswonne Sich an mein Herz drängt Deiner ewigen Wärme Heilig Gefühl, Unendliche Schöne! Daß ich diesen fassen möcht' In diesen Arm! Ach an deinem Busen Lieg' ich, schmachte, Und deine Blumen, dein Gras Drängen sich an mein Herz. Du kühlst den brennenden Durst meines Busens, Lieblicher Morgenwind! Ruft drein die Nachtigall Liebend nach mir aus dem Nebelthal. Ich komm', ich komme! Wohin? Ach, wohin? Hinauf! Hinauf strebt's. Es schweben die Wolken Abwärts, die Wolken Neigen sich der sehnenden Liebe. Mir! Mir! In euerm Schoße Aufwärts! Umfangend umfangen! Aufwärts an deinen Busen, Alliebender Vater!
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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Zweyter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, pages 82-83; and with Goethe's Schriften, Achter Band, Leipzig, bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1789, pages 210-211.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Ganymed", written 1774?, first published 1789 [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 Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Ganymed", op. 19 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 1, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Ganymed", op. 81 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 5 (1836-7), published 1842 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Mauke (1867 - 1930), "Ganymed", op. 33 (Drei Gedichte von Goethe für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Ganymed", published 1794 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Ganymed", op. 19 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, D 544 (1817), published 1825 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "Ganymed", op. 20 (5 Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe) no. 5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Ganymed", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 50, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Ganimedes", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ganymedes", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Ganymede", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ganymède", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "גנימדס", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Ganimede", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Ganymed", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
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