Mignon, a character appearing in

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as trea ...

's writings such as ''

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship ''Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship'' ( ger, Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre) is the second novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in 1795–96. Plot The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's ...

'' and '' Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years'', is the subject of several

Lied In Western classical music tradition, (, plural ; , plural , ) is a term for setting poetry to classical music to create a piece of polyphonic music. The term is used for any kind of song in contemporary German, but among English and French s ...

er by

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

"An Mignon"

Schubert had started to compose songs on texts by Goethe in 1814, among which is "

Gretchen am Spinnrade "" (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel), Op. 2, 118, is a Lied composed by Franz Schubert using the text from Part One, scene 15 of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's ''Faust''. With "Gretchen am Spinnrade" and some 600 other songs for voice and piano, S ...

," published as his Op. 2 in 1821.Deutsch 1978 p. 84
/ref> His first Mignon-related song was a setting of "An Mignon"

Über Tal und Fluß getragen' ''Über'' (, sometimes written ''uber'' in English-language publications) is a German language word meaning "over", "above" or "across". It is an etymological twin with German ''ober'', and is a cognate (through Proto-Germanic) with English ' ...

a poem published by Goethe in 1797. Schubert set it as a song for voice and piano in February 1815, 161.Deutsch 1978 pp. 115-116
/ref> Together with fifteen other songs he had composed on Goethe's texts Schubert sent a fair copy of this song to Goethe in 1816. A second version of this setting was published by

Anton Diabelli Anton (or Antonio) Diabelli (5 September 17818 April 1858) was an Austrian music publisher, editor and composer. Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote ...

in 1825 as No. 2 in Schubert's Op. 19, dedicated to Goethe. The earlier version was not published before it was included in the

Franz Schubert's Works Franz Schubert's Works: Complete and Authoritative Edition (german: Franz Schubert's Werke: Kritisch durchgesehene Gesammtausgabe), also known as the Collected Edition, is a late 19th-century publication of Franz Schubert's compositions.Deutsch 19 ...

edition in 1894. In the

New Schubert Edition Franz Schubert (1797–1828): New Edition of the Complete Works (), commonly known as the New Schubert Edition (NSE), or, in german: Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (NSA), is a complete edition of Franz Schubert's works, which started in 1956 and is schedu ...

both versions were published in Series IV, Volume 1.Franz Schubert. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, IV Lieder, Band 1
at

"Mignon" (Kennst du das Land?)

Like Schubert's four songs Op. 62, also D 321, "Kennst du das Land? (Mignons Gesang)" for voice and piano is based on Goethe's ''

'', in this case Book III, Chapter 1. Schubert composed it in 1815 (two versions). It was first published in 1832.

Songs from ''Wilhelm Meister''

Op. 62 – D 877, Song cycle ''Gesänge aus "

Wilhelm Meister ''Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship'' ( ger, Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre) is the second novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in 1795–96. Plot The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm' ...

"'' (1826) :: 1. "Mignon und der Harfner" Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt'">Nur_wer_die_Sehnsucht_kennt.html" ;"title="Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt">Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt'for two voices and piano (5th setting) :: 2. "Lied der Mignon" Heiß mich nicht reden, heiß mich schweigen'for voice and piano (2nd setting) :: 3. "Lied der Mignon" So laßt mich scheinen, bis ich werde'for voice and piano (3rd setting) :: 4. "Lied der Mignon" Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt'for voice and piano (6th setting) D 877, alternative versions: :: 2. "Lied der Mignon" Heiß mich nicht reden, heiß mich schweigen'for voice and piano (2nd setting, modified version)

Earlier settings of the same texts

Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt

* D 310, Song "Sehnsucht" Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt'for voice and piano (1815, 1st setting; 1st and 2nd versions) * D 359, Song "Sehnsucht" Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt'for voice and piano, ''Lied der Mignon'' (1816, 2nd setting) * D 481, Song "Sehnsucht" Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt'for voice and piano, ''Lied der Mignon'' (1816, 3rd setting) * D 656, Quintet "Sehnsucht" Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt'for two tenors and three basses (1819, 4th setting)

Heiß mich nicht reden, heiß mich schweigen

* D 726, Song "Mignon I" Heiß mich nicht reden, heiß mich schweigen'for voice and piano (1821, 1st setting)

So laßt mich scheinen, bis ich werde

* D 469, Song "Mignon (So laßt mich scheinen, bis ich werde)" So laßt mich scheinen, bis ich werde'for voice and piano (1816, 1st setting; 1st and 2nd versions; both are fragments) * D 727, Song "Mignon II" So laßt mich scheinen, bis ich werde'for voice and piano (1821, 2nd setting)

References

Sources

* Otto Erich Deutsch, with revisions by

Werner Aderhold Werner Aderhold (4 November 1937 – 15 February 2021) was a German musicologist. Life Born in Dortmund, Aderhold was a long-time collaborator of the New Schubert Edition at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. Initially, he contribute ...

and others.
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge
' (New Schubert Edition Series VIII Supplement, Volume 4). Kassel:

Bärenreiter Bärenreiter (Bärenreiter-Verlag) is a German classical music publishing house based in Kassel. The firm was founded by Karl Vötterle (1903–1975) in Augsburg in 1923, and moved to Kassel in 1927, where it still has its headquarters; it also ...

, 1978. ISMN 9790006305148 —

External links

* A
The LiederNet Archive
(original German texts and translations):

** ttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=6518 Mignon (So laßt mich scheinen, bis ich werde)* At

IMSLP The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP), also known as the Petrucci Music Library after publisher Ottaviano Petrucci, is a subscription-based digital library of public-domain music scores. The project, which uses MediaWiki software ...

(scores): ** An Mignon, D.161 ** Sehnsucht, D.310 ** Mignon, D.321 ** Sehnsucht, D.359 ** Mignon, D.469 ** Sehnsucht, D.481 ** Sehnsucht, D.656 ** Mignon, D.726 ** Mignon, D.727 ** 4 Gesänge aus 'Wilhelm Meister', D.877 {{Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Lieder composed by Franz Schubert Musical settings of poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Works based on Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship