Gleich und gleich

Ein Blumenglöckchen 
Vom Boden hervor
War früh gesprosset
In lieblichem Flor;
Da kam ein Bienchen
Und naschte fein: --
Die müssen wohl beide 
Für einander sein.

Authorship

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Gleich und gleich"

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

by Gary Bachlund , "Gleich und gleich", 2009 [soprano and piano], from Sieben Goethe-liederchen, no. 2.
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Gleich und gleich", op. 22 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1, published 1855. [voice and piano]
by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848-1906) , "Gleich und gleich", published 1887 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Hamburg, Cranz
by Robert Kahn (1865-1951) , "Gleich und Gleich", op. 55 (Neun Lieder nach Gedichten von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) no. 5 (1911). [voice and piano]
by Julius Kniese (1848-1905) , "Gleich und gleich", op. 6 (Acht Duette für 2 Frauenstimmen und Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1884 [vocal duet for female voices with piano], Breslau. Hainauer
by Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) , "Gleich und gleich"
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Gleich und gleich", op. 15 no. 11 (1908), from 12 Goethe-Lieder, no. 11.
by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Gleich und gleich", WoO. 10 (1903).
by Margarete Voigt-Schweikert (1887-1957) , "Gleich und gleich" [voice and piano], unpublished
by Anton von Webern (1883-1945) , "Gleich und gleich", op. 12 (Vier Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier) no. 4 (1917).
by Julius Weismann (1879-1950) , "Gleich und Gleich", op. 5 (Acht Lieder) no. 3 (1899/1902). [voice and piano]
by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Gleich und gleich", 1888, from Goethe-Lieder, no. 25.
by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) , "Gleich und gleich", 1819.

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Like to like", copyright ©
FRE French (Guy Laffaille) , "L'une pour l'autre", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Two equals", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "L'una per l'altra", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Like to like

A little flower-bell 
had sprouted early 
from the ground
with a lovely little flourish;
there came a little bee 
and sipped it delicately:
they must have been made 
for each other.

Authorship

Translation from German to English copyright © by Emily Ezust,

a text in German by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Gleich und gleich" ITA FRE

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.