Erster Verlust

Ach, wer bringt die schönen Tage,
Jene Tage der ersten Liebe,
Ach, wer bringt nur eine Stunde
Jener holden Zeit zurück?

Einsam nähr' ich meine Wunde,
Und mit stets erneuter Klage
Traur' ich [ums verlorne]1 Glück,

Ach, wer bringt die schönen Tage,
[Jene holde Zeit zurück!]2

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Erster Verlust", 1789

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

by Johann Andreas Anschütz (1772-1855?) , "Erster Verlust", c1816.
by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885-1935) , "Erster Verlust", 1904, from Jugendlieder.
by Karl Collan (1828-1871) , "Erster Verlust" [voice and piano]
by Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775-1864) , "Erster Verlust", c1813/4.
by Otto Dresel (1826-1890) , "Ach, wer bringt dir schönen Tagen", 1852.
by Pierre-Octave Ferroud (1900-1936) , "Erster Verlust", published 1932, from Drei traute Gesänge.
by Gottfried Wilhelm Fink (1783-1846) , "Erster Verlust", op. 18 no. 1, published 1807.
by Cor (Cornelius Wilhelm) de Groot (1914-) , "Erster Verlust", published 194-?, from 7 Goethe Lieder, no. 4.
by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791-1874) , "Erster Verlust", published c1830, from Sechs Lieder von Goethe, no. 5.
by Karl Friedrich Ludwig Hellwig (1773-1838) , "Erster Verlust"
by Carl Gottlieb Hering (1766-1853) , "Erster Verlust"
by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823-1903) , "Erster Verlust", op. 1 (Zehn Lieder) no. 5, published 1842. [voice and piano]
by Armin Knab (1881-1951) , "Erster Verlust", 1924-46, from Zwölf Lieder nach Gedichten von J. W. von Goethe, no. 6.
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Erster Verlust", op. 6 no. 8 (1904), also set in Russian
by (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) , "Erster Verlust", op. 99 no. 1 (1841-5).
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Erster Verlust"
by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773-1836) , "Erster Verlust", 1797.
by Moses Pergament (1893-1977) , "Erster Verlust", 1916.
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Erster Verlust", published 1793.
by Henry Handel Richardson (1870-1946) [pseudonym] , "Erster Verlust"
by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Erster Verlust", op. 15 no. 5 (1908).
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Erster Verlust", op. 5 no. 4, D. 226 (1815), published 1821.
by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774-1850) , "Erster Verlust", op. 56 no. 3 (1815?)
by Wendelin Weißheimer (1838-1910) , "Erster Verlust" [voice and piano]
by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Erster Verlust", op. 9 no. 3 (1876).
by Franz Wüllner (1832-1902) , "Erster Verlust", op. 39 (Sechs vierstimmige Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 6, published 1862? [mixed chorus]
by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) , "Erster Verlust", 1807.

by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Pervaja utrata", op. 6 no. 8 (1904), also set in German

by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) , "Chi i bei dì m'adduce ancora", 1842.

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Chi i bei dì m'adduce ancora

Chi i bei di m'adduce ancora,
I bei di del primo amore?
Chi m'adduce solo un'ora
di quel tempo caro al cor?
Tutta sola piango i miei guai
cerco il ben che più non torna!
Ah, i bei dì chi mi ritorna,
chi quel tempo caro al cor?
Ah! chi ritorna
Ah! quel tempo caro al cor?

by Luigi Balestra (1808-1863)

a text in German by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Erster Verlust", 1789 DUT RUS ENG 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 Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) , "Chi i bei dì m'adduce ancora", 1842.

ENG English (Barbara Miller)

Date added to the website: 2005-09-02.