Nouvel amour, nouvelle vie | Cœur, mon cœur, que va‑t‑il arriver ? | LiederNet

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, pages 77-78; and with Goethe's Schriften, Achter Band, Leipzig, bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1789, pages 122-123.

Note: The poem was first published 1775 in Iris. Zweyter Band. Drittes Stück, where an earlier version of the poem Willkommen und Abschied is appended as stanzas 4-7.

1 Dalberg: "bedrängt dich doch so"

Text Authorship:

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", written 1775, first published 1775 [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 Karl Appel (1812 - 1895), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", op. 58 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte und Violoncello - mit Pianoforte und Violine ) no. 2, published 1886 [ medium voice, piano, and cello or violin ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", op. 75 no. 2 (1809) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", WoO 127 (1798) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Victor Emanuel Bendix (1851 - 1926), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", 1881-5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by J. Brixner , "Neue Liebe, neues Leben ", op. 45, published 1872 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by August Leopold Crelle (1780 - 1855), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Friedrich Hugo, Freiherr von Dalberg (1760 - 1812), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", c1795 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775 - 1864), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", c1813/4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791 - 1874), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", published c1830, from Sechs Lieder von Goethe, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", op. 19 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 6, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
• by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", 1836 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Heinrich Karl Johann Hofmann (1842 - 1902), "Neue Liebe", op. 27 no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Liedercyclus für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Jansen [not F. G. Jansen] , "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", published 1863 [ voice and piano ], from Musikalisches Göthe-Album. Eine Sammlung Göthescher Lieder, no. 2, Berlin, Mendel  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann Müller (1841 - 1907), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", op. 49, published 1900 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Spitzner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", c1795-7 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", published 1794 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", published 1809 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", op. 48 (Deutsche Lieder von W. v. Göthe für eine Sopran- oder Tenorstimme ) no. 3, published [1827?] [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin: Bei Fr. Laue [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Ries (1846 - 1932), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", op. 14 (3 zweistimmige Gesänge mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1869 [ vocal trio with piano ], Bielefeld, Sulzer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Rudolph , "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Stuttgart, Luckhardt's Musik-Verl. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", WoO. 127 (1858) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by August Heinrich von Weyrauch (1788 - 1865), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Neue Liebe, neues Leben", 1812 [sung text not yet checked]

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• Also set in English, a translation by H. Stevens [an adaptation] ; composed by Roy Buckle.
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• Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ignazy Komorowski.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nieuwe liefde, nieuw leven", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "New love, new life", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nouvel amour, nouvelle vie", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Nuovo amore, nuova vita", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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