Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht

Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht,
Tränen der ewigen Liebe!
Ach, nur dem halbgetrockneten Auge
Wie öde, wie tot die Welt ihm erscheint!
Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht,
Tränen unglücklicher Liebe!

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Wonne der Wehmut", 1775

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

by Alfred Julius Becher (1803-1848) , "Wonne der Wehmut"
by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , "Wonne der Wehmut", op. 83 no. 1 (1810).
by Adolf Busch (1891-1952) , "Wonne der Wehmut", op. 3a (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1922. [voice, viola and piano]
by Adolf Busch (1891-1952) , "Wonne der Wehmut", op. 3 (Lieder) no. 1. [voice and piano]
by Franz Danzi (1763-1826) , no title
by Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775-1864) , "Wonne der Wehmut", c1813/4.
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Wonne der Wehmut", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1864.
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Wonne der Wehmut", 1829/32.
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Wonne der Wehmut", published 1788.
by Franz Salmhofer (1900-1975) , "Wonne der Wehmut", op. 5 no. 3, published 1923, from Vier Lieder, no. 3.
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Wonne der Wehmut", D. 260 (1815), published 1829.
by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774-1850) , "Wonne der Wehmut", op. 61 no. 1 (1815?)
by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858-1929) , "Wonne der Wehmut", op. 5 (Neun Gesänge) no. 5 (1879).
by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) , "Wonne der Wehmut", 1807.
by Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905-1963) , "Wonne der Wehmut", 1941, from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe, no. ?

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