Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen,
und ich glaubt', ich trüg' es nie;
und ich hab' es doch getragen -
aber fragt mich nur nicht, wie?

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Authorship

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 8, first published 1819 [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 Leo d'Amant , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by János Bókay (b. 1858), "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", published 1925, from Heine-dalok, no. 5 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Karl (Carl Friedrich Julius Ludwig) Borchers (1840 - 1922), "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 4 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", from Liederkreis, no. 8 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Wilhelm Czerwinski (1837 - 1893), "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 16 (Drei Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano], Wien, Ludewig & Schmidt , also set in Polish (Polski) [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Paul Dessau (1894 - 1979), "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", 1975, from Drei Lieder für Edda Schaller, no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 1 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6, published 1846 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen " [voice and piano], from Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden - Lieder, no. 8 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Heinrich Henkel , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen ", op. 41 (Zwölf Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 7 (1898) [soprano or tenor and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Joseph Christoph Kessler (1800 - 1872), "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 53 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Anna Krause , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1882 [voice and piano], Berlin, Schlesinger [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", from Zwei Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952), "Anfangs wollt ich fast verzagen", 1916, lost, unpublished [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Anfangs wollt ich fast verzagen", S. 311 [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Hendrik Arnoldus Meyroos (1830 - 1900), "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 36 (Vier Gedichte) no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 28 no. 7, from Aus gebrochenem Herzen : acht Lieder, no. 7 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Louis Pabst (1846 - 1903), "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1885 [voice and piano], Stuttgart, Ebner [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Florence Richards , "Lied", 1931 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Anfangs wollt ich fast verzagen", op. 24 no. 8 (1840), published 1840 [voice and piano], from Liederkreis von Heinrich Heine, no. 8, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Juan María Solare (b. 1966), "Anfangs" [baritone, clarinet, horn, violoncello] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Adolf Heinrich Sponholtz (1803 - 1852), "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 15 no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Edward Staempfli (1908 - 2002), "Anfangs wollt ich fast verzagen", op. 1 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Anfangs", 1947 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by George Sturm , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", published 1956 [soprano, flute], from Heine Lieder, no. 4 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Anfangs", 1984, from Acht Heine-Lieder, no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", published 1885, from Album of German Songs (later published as Sixteen German Songs), no. 16, also set in English [ sung text checked 1 time]

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• by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden", 2014 [voice and piano]
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• Also set in English, a translation by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937) , "At first I thought I should despair" CAT DUT FIN FRE ITA SPA ; composed by Maude Valérie White.
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• Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist CAT DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE ITA SPA ; composed by Wilhelm Czerwinski.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "In 't begin wou 'k haast versagen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "At first I almost despaired", copyright ©
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au début, j'étais presque découragé", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "All'inizio stavo per scoraggiarmi", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Beate Binnig) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

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