Canon (Goethe, set by (Johann Friedrich Reichardt)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Kanon

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): ENG

Das ist die wahre Liebe,
  die immer und immer sich gleichbleibt,
Wenn man ihr alles gewährt,
 wenn man ihr alles versagt.

Authorship

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) [author's text not yet checked 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 Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Kanon", published 1811. [vocal quartet of 2 descants, tenor, and bass] [
text verified 1 time
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 21

Canon

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 This is true love:
 that which ever and ever remains the same,
 whether one grants it anything
 or refuses it everything.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 22