Ich fahr' dahin, weil es muß seyn
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ich fahr' dahin, weil es muß seyn, Ich trenn' mich von der Liebsten mein, Zuletzt laß' ich ihr's Herze mein, Dieweil ich scheid', so soll es seyn! Ich fahr' dahin!
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View text with all available footnotesCopied from Rosen und Dornen : Gedichte : neue Folge, Friedrich Carl Metzger. Dillingen, 1846.
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Altes Minnelied" [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 (Kurt) Rudolf Mengelberg (1892 - 1959), "Ich fahr dahin", op. 6 no. 2, published 1921 [voice and piano], from Lieder des Abschieds, no. 2, Wien, Leipzig: Universal-Edition ; note: the score indicates that the text is from Des Knaben Wunderhorn [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Altes Minnelied" [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
Set in a modified version by Johannes Brahms, Eduard Lassen.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-18
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Word count: 30