Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen

Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen,
und ich glaubt', ich trüg' es nie;
und ich hab' es doch getragen -
aber fragt mich nur nicht, wie?

Poem headed with An Carl v. U Ins Stammbuch

Authorship

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 8, published 1819

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

by Leo d'Amant , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen"
by János Bókay (1858-) , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", published 1925, from Heine-dalok, no. 5.
by Karl (Carl Friedrich Julius Ludwig) Borchers (1840-1922) , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 4 (Drei Lieder) no. 2.
by Leslie Crabtree (1941-) , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", from Liederkreis, no. 8.
by Wilhelm Czerwinski (1837-1893) , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 16 (Drei Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano], Wien, Ludewig & Schmidt, also set in Polish
by Paul Dessau (1894-1979) , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", 1975, from Drei Lieder für Edda Schaller, no. 2.
by Otto Dresel (1826-1890) , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 1 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6, published 1846.
by Joseph Christoph Kessler (1800-1872) , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 53 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2.
by Anna Krause , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1882 [voice and piano], Berlin, Schlesinger
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803-1890) , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", from Zwei Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 1.
by Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) , "Anfangs wollt ich fast verzagen", 1916, lost, unpublished
by Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886) , "Anfangs wollt ich fast verzagen", S. 311.
by Hendrik Arnoldus Meyroos (1830-1900) , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 36 (Vier Gedichte) no. 2.
by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841-1890) , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 28 no. 7, from Aus gebrochenem Herzen : acht Lieder, no. 7.
by Louis Pabst (1846-1903) , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1885 [voice and piano], Stuttgart, Ebner
by Florence Richards , "Lied", 1931.
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Anfangs wollt ich fast verzagen", op. 24 no. 8 (1840), from Liederkreis von Heinrich Heine, no. 8.
by Juan María Solare (1966-) , "Anfangs" [baritone, clarinet, horn, violoncello]
by Adolf Heinrich Sponholtz (1803-1852) , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", op. 15 no. 2.
by Edward Staempfli (1908-2002) , "Anfangs wollt ich fast verzagen", op. 1 (Vier Lieder) no. 2. [voice and piano]
by Korstiaan Stougie (1908-1988) , "Anfangs", 1947.
by George Sturm , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", published 1956 [soprano, flute], from Heine Lieder, no. 4.
by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924-1995) , "Anfangs", 1984, from Acht Heine-Lieder, no. 1.
by Maude Valérie White (1855-1937) , "Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen", published 1885, from Sixteen German Songs, no. 16.

by Wilhelm Czerwinski (1837-1893) , "Z glebin serca wydrzéc che atem", op. 16 (Drei Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano], Wien, Ludewig & Schmidt, also set in German

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "At first I almost despaired", copyright ©
ITA Italian (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "All'inizio stavo per scoraggiarmi", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , "Au début, j'étais presque découragé", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Erkki Pullinen) , title unknown, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "In 't begin wou 'k haast versagen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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