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Ich ging im Walde So für mich hin, Und Nichts zu suchen, Das war mein Sinn. Im Schatten sah ich Ein Blümchen stehn, Wie Sterne leuchtend, Wie Äuglein schön. Ich wollt' es brechen, Da sagt' es fein: "Soll ich zum Welken Gebrochen sein?" Ich grub's mit allen Den Würzlein aus, Zum Garten trug ich's Am hübschen Haus. Und pflanzt' es wieder Am stillen Ort; Nun zweigt es immer Und blüht so fort.
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Gefunden", written 1813 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Gefunden", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1892 [ soprano and piano ], published without an opus number in 1892 by Schott (Mainz); published in 1896 by Kistner (Leipzig) with an opus number  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Emanuel Bendix (1851 - 1926), "Gefunden", 1881-5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Bloch , "Gefunden", op. 4 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Gustav) Adolf Brandt (1838 - 1919), "Gefunden", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für 1 Mittlerestimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Brixner , "Gefunden", op. 42, published 1872 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Gefunden", op. 5 (Sieben Goethe-Lieder) no. 4 (1992-3) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Bransby Burnand (1859 - 1907), as Anton Strelezki, "Gefunden", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from [Drei] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Egidi (1859 - 1943), "Gefunden", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 4, published 1889 [ high voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anders Eliasson (1947 - 2013), "Gefunden", 1993, published 1995 [ voice and piano ], from Fyra sånger till text av Goethe, no. 1, Warner/Chappell Music Skandinavia [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Gefunden", op. 66 (6 Lieder) no. 4, published 1862 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Spina [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Theodor Flodin (1858 - 1925), "Ich ging im Walde ", alternate title: "Gefunden", 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by F. C. (Ferdinand Carl) Füchs (1811 - 1848), "Gefunden", op. 6, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Diabelli und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Gersbach (1787 - 1830), "Gefunden", 1828 [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Jacques Haakman , "Gefunden", op. 1 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julie Hamel , "Gefunden", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from [Drei] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Harthan (1855 - 1936), "Gefunden", op. 34 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franciscus Johannes van der Heijden (b. 1848), "Gefunden", op. 22 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Hess (1877 - 1944), "Gefunden", op. 28 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Verlag der freien musikal. Vereinigung [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Hill (1838 - 1902), "Gefunden", op. 26 (Sechs Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Gefunden", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder im Volkston, für mittlere Stimme ) no. 6, published 1864 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrew Hudson , "Gefunden" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Jacobi (1864 - 1919), "Gefunden", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Jansen [not F. G. Jansen] , "Gefunden", published 1863 [ voice and piano ], from Musikalisches Göthe-Album. Eine Sammlung Göthescher Lieder, no. 11, Berlin, Mendel  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Werner (Erich) Josten (1885 - 1963), "Gefunden", published 1926, from Fünf Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Gefunden", op. 6 no. 8, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder im Volkston. Neun Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 8, Kassel, Voigt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Klein (1802 - 1862), "Gefunden", op. 71 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge von Heine und Goethe) no. 8, published 1826 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Huub de Lange (b. 1955), "Gefunden", published 2004 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Drei Goethe Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850 - 1927), "Gefunden", op. 5 (Vier Terzette für drei Frauenstimmen mit (oder ohne) Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1876 [ vocal trio for female voices with piano or a cappella ], Berlin, Luckhardt  [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Gefunden", op. 1 (Vier Gedichte für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Ludwig (1865 - 1946), "Gefunden", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Göthelieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. Band 1, no. 5, Lichterfelde, Ludwig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Gefunden", op. 6 no. 9 (1904), from Neun Lieder von W. Goethe, no. 9, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus (1827 - 1896), "Gefunden", op. 18 ([Neun] Lieder und Gesänge von Göthe), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Meyer , "Gefunden", op. 6 (Neun Lieder) no. 4, published 1878 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emanuel Moór (1863 - 1931), "Gefunden", op. 13 (Sechzehn Lieder) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by José Vianna da Motta (1868 - 1948), "Gefunden", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Béla Nemes Hegyi , "Gefunden", op. 8 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Budapest, Rózsavölgyi & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Niggli (1875 - 1959), "Gefunden", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Petersen (1890 - 1957), "Gefunden", op. 40 (Goethe-Lieder) no. 2, published 1941 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Rappoldi (1831 - 1903), "Gefunden", op. 4 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Rée (1861 - 1939), "Gefunden", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1890 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Protze [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Ries (1846 - 1932), "Gefunden", op. 12 (6 Lieder) no. 2, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Friedrich Rungenhagen (1778 - 1851), "Gefunden", op. 7 (Sechs deutsche Lieder von Göthe, Schiller, de la Motte Fouqué und St. Schütze) no. 2, published c1819? [ voice and piano ], Berlin: In der Schlesingerschen Buch und Musikhandlung [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Gefunden", WoO. 68 (1904) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl) August Schuster (1807 - 1877), "Ich ging im Walde", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder für vier Männerstimmen ohne Begleitung ) no. 1, published 1831 [ vocal quartet of male voices a cappella ], Leipzig, Probst [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Söhring (1822 - 1901), "Ich ging im Walde", alternate title: "Gefunden" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "Ich gieng im Walde so für mich hin" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Goethe mit Clavierbegleitung, no. 2, Bonn und Cöln, Nikolaus Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Gefunden", op. 56 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1903) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Albert Thierfelder , "Gefunden", op. 12 (Zwei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1883 [ mixed chorus ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Gefunden", op. 10 no. 2 (1933) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philip Wolfrum (1854 - 1919), "Gefunden", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. 4. Heft der Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Ferdinand Würst (1824 - 1881), "Gefunden", op. 72 (Drei Gesänge für 1 Mittelstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 3, published 1877 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Auch mein Sinn", 1814 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rob. Zerbe , "Gefunden", published 1879 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], from Drei Lieder für vier Männerstimmen, no. 2, Köln, P.J. Tonger [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Esperanto, a translation by Antoni Grabowski (1857 - 1921) , "Trovita" ; composed by Antônio Francisco Braga.
- Also set in Portuguese (Português), a translation possibly by Frei Pedro Senzig and possibly by Pedro Mourão ; composed by Francisco Mignone.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title ; composed by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by V. Kolomytsov ; composed by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "J'allais dans la forêt", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il trovatello", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 72
I was walking in the woods Just [enjoying] being there, And seeking nothing [in particular] out, That was my state of mind. In the shade I saw A little flower standing, Shining like stars, Like beautiful little eyes. I wanted to pick it, When it said sweetly: “Shall I wither [after] Being picked?” I dug it all out [preserving] Its little roots, I carried it to the garden Next to my pretty house. And replanted it In a silent place; Now [new] sprigs appear And bloom immediately.
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Translation of title "Gefunden" = "Found"Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Gefunden", written 1813
This text was added to the website: 2016-04-04
Line count: 20
Word count: 87