by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Was ich dort gelebt
Language: German (Deutsch)
Was ich dort gelebt, genossen, Was mir all dorther entsprossen, Welche Freude, welche Kenntnis, Wär' ein allzulang Geständnis. Mög es jeden so erfreuen, Die Erfahrenen, die Neuen.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), from the group of poems "Rhein und Main" in the section "Inschriften, Denk- und Sende-Blätter" of the "Ausgabe letzter Hand" (poems 82-96 of the section; this is no. 83). [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 Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Was ich dort gelebt", 1954. [text verified 1 time]
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