Heidenröslein [poem]
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- Lyrics written by
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Publication date
- 1789
- Language
- German
- Comments
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"Heidenröslein" or "Heideröslein" ("Rose on the Heath" or "Little Rose of the Field") is a poem published in 1789. Believed to have been written in 1771 during Goethe's stay in Strasbourg when he was in love with Friederike Brion, to whom the poem is addressed. The episode is the inspiration for Franz Lehár 1928 operetta Friederike, which includes Lehár's setting Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn.
But a different genesis of Goethe's poem is more plausible
German scholars have uncovered a number of variants that were circulating in the 1770's. Apart from a distant ancestor in 1602, these variants are all associated with Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803), another of the great names of German literature. - Licensing
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