Lebe wohl! ‑ Du fühlest nicht

Lebe wohl! - Du fühlest nicht,
Was es heißt, dies Wort der Schmerzen;
Mit getrostem Angesicht
Sagtest du's und leichtem Herzen.

Lebe wohl! - Ach! tausendmal
Hab' ich mir es vorgesprochen,
Und in nimmersatter Qual
Mir das Herz damit gebrochen!

by Eduard Mörike (1804-1875)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Bernard van Dieren (1887-1936) , "Lebewohl' du fühlest nicht", op. 4 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1908.
by Hugo Distler (1908-1942) , "Lebe wohl", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 1 no. 23 (1939). [choral]
by Hans Fleischer (1896-1981) , "Lebewohl", op. 3 (6 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier) no. 4 (1920). [mezzo-soprano and piano]
by Dino Ghisalberti (1891-1949) , "Lebewohl", 1916 [voice and piano], from Ventiquattro Camerale, no. 3.
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836-1909) , "Lebe wohl! du fühlest nicht", op. 12 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1879? [baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg
by Hans Langer (1887-) , "Lebewohl" [voice and piano]
by Gustav Pressel (1827-1890) , "Leb wohl", published 2066 [voice and piano], from Sieben Lieder, no. 2.
by Fritz Schieri (1922-) , "Lebewohl", 1939.
by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924-1995) , "Lebe wohl", 1979.
by Jean-Pierre Waelbroeck (1954-) , "Lebewohl", 1994.
by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879-1973) , "Lebewohl"
by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Lebe wohl", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 36.

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