by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Ganymed
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wie im Morgenglanze Du rings mich anglühst, Frühling, Geliebter! Mit tausendfacher Liebeswonne Sich an mein [Herz]1 drängt Deiner ewigen [Wärme]2 Heilig Gefühl, Unendliche Schöne! Daß ich [diesen]3 fassen möcht' In diesen Arm! Ach an deinem Busen Lieg' [ich, schmachte]4, Und deine Blumen, dein Gras Drängen sich an mein Herz. Du kühlst den brennenden Durst meines Busens, Lieblicher Morgenwind! Ruft drein die Nachtigall Liebend nach mir [aus]5 dem Nebelthal. Ich komm', ich komme! [Wohin? Ach]6, wohin? [Hinauf! Hinauf strebt's.]7 Es schweben die Wolken Abwärts, die Wolken Neigen sich der sehnenden Liebe. Mir! Mir! In [euerm]8 Schoße Aufwärts! Umfangend umfangen! Aufwärts an deinen Busen, Alliebender Vater!
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2 Stöhr: "Wonne" (typo?)
3 Goethe (1789 and 1806 editions), Schubert, Stöhr: "dich"
4 Schubert: "ich und schmachte"
5 Stöhr: "in"
6 Schubert: "Ach wohin"
7 Schubert: "Hinauf strebt's, hinauf!"
8 Schubert: "eurem"
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Zweyter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, pages 82-83; and with Goethe's Schriften, Achter Band, Leipzig, bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1789, pages 210-211.
1 Schubert: "Herze"2 Stöhr: "Wonne" (typo?)
3 Goethe (1789 and 1806 editions), Schubert, Stöhr: "dich"
4 Schubert: "ich und schmachte"
5 Stöhr: "in"
6 Schubert: "Ach wohin"
7 Schubert: "Hinauf strebt's, hinauf!"
8 Schubert: "eurem"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Ganymed", written 1774?, first published 1789 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Ganymed", op. 19 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 1, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Ganymed", op. 81 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 5 (1836-7), published 1842 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Mauke (1867 - 1930), "Ganymed", op. 33 (Drei Gedichte von Goethe für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Ganymed", published 1794 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Ganymed", op. 19 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, D 544 (1817), published 1825 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "Ganymed", op. 20 (5 Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe) no. 5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Ganymed", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 50, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Ganimedes", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ganymedes", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Ganymede", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ganymède", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "גנימדס", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Ganimede", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Ganymed", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 104