Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt [poem]
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- Lyrics written by
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Publication date
- 1795
- Language
- German
- Comments
- "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt" is derived from Goethe's 1795 second novel "Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre" (Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship). It is one of the songs of Mignon, a character in the novel. The poem has been set to music by many composers among them Beethoven, Schubert (six settings, the last two included in "Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister" D 877), Schumann, Wolf and Tchaikovsky (via its translation into Russian by Lev Mei). Tchaikovsky's setting is often known in English as "None but the Lonely Heart" and has been set in many vocal, choral and instrumental arrangements.
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