Einsamkeit

Die ihr Felsen und Bäume bewohnt, o heilsame Nymphen,
Gebet jeglichem gern, was er im stillen begehrt!
Schaffet dem Traurigen Trost, dem Zweifelhaften Belehrung
Und dem Liebenden gönnt, daß ihm begegne sein Glück.
Denn euch gaben die Götter, was sie den Menschen versagten,
Jeglichem, der euch vertraut, [tröstlich und hilfreich]1 zu sein.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

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

by Pierre-Octave Ferroud (1900-1936) , "Einsamkeit", published 1932, from Drei traute Gesänge.
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Einsamkeit", op. 18 no. 3 (1908-9), from Sechs Gedichte von Goethe, no. 3.
by Max Reger (1873-1916) , "Einsamkeit", op. 75 (Achtzehn Gesänge) no. 18.
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Einsamkeit", published 1794.
by Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905-1963) , "Einsamkeit", 1960, from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe, no. ?

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