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.
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]
Researcher for this text: Alberto Pedrotti
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