Gefunden

Ich ging im Walde
So für mich hin,
Und Nichts zu suchen,
Das war mein Sinn.

Im Schatten sah ich
Ein Blümchen stehn,
Wie Sterne leuchtend,
Wie Äuglein schön.

Ich wollt' es brechen,
Da sagt' es fein:
"Soll ich zum Welken
Gebrochen sein?"

Ich grub's mit allem
Den Würzlein aus,
Zum Garten trug ich's
Am hübschen Haus.

Und pflanzt' es wieder
Am stillen Ort;
Nun zweigt es immer
Und blüht so fort.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Gefunden"

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

by Hermann Behn (1857?9-1927) , "Gefunden", op. 1, Heft 1 no. 1 (189-?)
by Victor Bendix (1851-1926) , "Gefunden", 1881-5.
by Carl Theodor Flodin (1858-1925) , "Ich ging im Walde", alternate title: "Gefunden", 1907. [voice and piano]
by Josef Gersbach (1787-1830) , "Gefunden", 1828.
by Franciscus Johannes van der Heijden (1848-) , "Gefunden", op. 22 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1, published 1883. [voice and piano]
by Wilhelm Hill (1838-1902) , "Gefunden", op. 26 no. 6. [voice and piano]
by Alexis Holländer (1840-1924) , "Gefunden", op. 6 no. 6, published 1864.
by Werner (Erich) Josten (1885-1963) , "Gefunden", published 1926, from Fünf Lieder, no. 5.
by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857-1941) , "Gefunden", op. 6 (Lieder im Volkston) no. 8.
by Joseph Klein (1802-1862) , "Gefunden", op. 71 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge von Heine und Goethe) no. 8, published 1826. [soprano and piano]
by Huub de Lange (1955-) , "Gefunden", published 2004 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Drei Goethe Lieder, no. 3.
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Gefunden", op. 6 no. 9 (1904), also set in Russian
by Friedrich Niggli (1875-1959) , "Gefunden", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3.
by Wilhelm Petersen (1890-1957) , "Gefunden", op. 40 (Goethe-Lieder) no. 2, published 1941.
by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Gefunden", WoO. 68 (1904).
by Wilhelm Söhring (1822-1901) , "Ich ging im Walde", alternate title: "Gefunden"
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864-1949) , "Gefunden", op. 56 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1903).
by Ernest Vietor (fl. 1905-1930) , "Gefunden", op. 10 no. 2 (1933).
by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) , "Auch mein Sinn", 1814.

by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "`Epitalama", op. 6 no. 9, also set in German

by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915) , "Nakhodka"

ENG English (Hyperion Records)
ITA Italian (Amelia Maria Imbarrato)
FRE French (Pierre Mathé)

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`Epitalama

 Odnazhdy lesom
 Shjol ja bez celi
 I lish' stremilsja
 Idti vperjod.

 Vdrug ja uvidel,
 Stojit cvetochek,
 Kak glazok blestit on,
 Kak zvezda gorit.

 Sorvat' ja dumal,
 On mne shepnul:
 -K tomu l sorvesh' ty,
 Chtob ja uvjal?-

 Ja vyrval s kornem
 Cvetochek tot,
 Domoj v svoj sadi
 K jego otnes

 I v zemlju snova
 Peresadil jego;
 On tam razrossja
 I vnov cvetet.

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a text in German by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Gefunden" ENG ITA FRE

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

by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "`Epitalama", op. 6 no. 9, also set in German

Date added to the website: 0000-00-00.