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Warum doch erschallen himmelwärts die Lieder? Zögen gerne nieder Sterne, die droben Blinken und wallen, Zögen sich Lunas Lieblich Umarmen, Zögen die warmen, Wonnigen Tage Seliger Götter Gern uns herab!
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Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), appears in Was wir bringen [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Warum?", op. 92 (Vier Quartette) no. 4 (<<1884), published 1884 [ satb chorus and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Aus dem Vorspiel: Was wir bringen", published 1802 [ vocal trio of female voices and piano or harp ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Why then do songs resound heavenwards?", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pourquoi", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 30
Why then do songs resound heavenward? They would gladly lure down the stars, which gleam and wander above; they would entice Luna's lovely embraces, and invoke the warm, blissful days of blessed gods - gladly would they do this!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), appears in Was wir bringen
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 40