Parabase

Freudig war vor vielen Jahren,
Eifrig so der Geist bestrebt,
Zu erforschen, zu erfahren,
Wie Natur im Schaffen lebt.
Und es ist das ewig Eine,
Das sich vielfach offenbart:
Klein das Große, groß das Kleine,
Alles nach der eignen Art;
Immer wechselnd, fest sich haltend,
Nah und fern und fern und nah,
So gestaltend, umgestaltend -
Zum Erstaunen bin ich da.

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 Wolfgang Michael Rihm (1952-) , "Parabase", 2004-7, first performed 2007 [baritone and piano], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 7.
by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Parabase", op. 19a no. 8 (1914).

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