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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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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Canon", copyright ©
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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:30
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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)
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:30
Line count: 4
Word count: 22