Songs
Mailied
Op. 52
Mailied
Wie herrlich leuchtetMir die Natur!Wie glänzt die Sonne! Wie lacht die Flur!Es dringen BlütenAus jedem ZweigUnd tausend StimmenAus dem Gesträuch,Und Freud und Wonne Aus jeder Brust.O Erd, o Sonne!O Glück, o Lust!O Lieb, o Liebe! So golden schön,Wie Morgenwolken Auf jenen Höhn!Du segnest herrlich Das frische Feld,Im Blütendampfe Die volle Welt.O Mädchen, Mädchen, Wie lieb ich dich!Wie blickt dein Auge! Wie liebst du mich!So liebt die LercheGesang und Luft,Und Morgenblumen Den Himmelsduft,Wie ich dich liebeMit warmen Blut,Die du mir JugendUnd Freud und MutZu neuen LiedernUnd Tänzen gibst.Sei ewig glücklich, Wie du mich liebst!
May Song
How gloriously Nature gleams for me! How the sun sparkles!How the field laughs!Blossoms burstFrom every boughAnd a thousand voicesFrom every bushAnd delight and raptureFrom every breast.O earth, O sun!O joy, O bliss!O love, O love!So golden fairAs morning cloudsOn yonder hills!You bless with gloryThe fresh field,In a mist of blossomThe teeming world.O maiden, maiden, How I love you!How you look at me! How you love me!The skylark lovesSong and air,And morning flowersThe hazy sky,As I with warm bloodLove you,Who give me youthAnd joy and heartFor new songsAnd new dances.Be happy alwaysAs in your love for me!
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
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Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the classical and romantic eras in classical music, he remains one of the most recognized and influential musicians of this period, and is considered to be one of the greatest composers of all time.
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Poet
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist. A literary celebrity by the age of 25, Goethe was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Karl August in 1782 after first taking up residence there in November 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther. He was an early participant in the Sturm und Drang literary movement. During his first ten years in Weimar, Goethe served as a member of the Duke's privy council, sat on the war and highway commissions, oversaw the reopening of silver mines in nearby Ilmenau, and implemented a series of administrative reforms at the University of Jena. He also contributed to the planning of Weimar's botanical park and the rebuilding of its Ducal Palace, which in 1998 were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Mailied
May Song
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Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the classical and romantic eras in classical music, he remains one of the most recognized and influential musicians of this period, and is considered to be one of the greatest composers of all time.
Read his full Wikipedia article here.
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Poet
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist. A literary celebrity by the age of 25, Goethe was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Karl August in 1782 after first taking up residence there in November 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther. He was an early participant in the Sturm und Drang literary movement. During his first ten years in Weimar, Goethe served as a member of the Duke's privy council, sat on the war and highway commissions, oversaw the reopening of silver mines in nearby Ilmenau, and implemented a series of administrative reforms at the University of Jena. He also contributed to the planning of Weimar's botanical park and the rebuilding of its Ducal Palace, which in 1998 were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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