Der Zufriedene

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Song TitleDer Zufriedene (Search)
Composer(s):Ludwig van Beethoven
Author(s):C. L. Reissig (Christian Ludwig)
Keyword(s) & Features: Being Grateful; Blooming; Bottles; Comfort; Companions; Company; Contentment; Drinking; Fair; Fate; Fortunes; Friends; Friendship; Granting; Greatness; Happiness; Hearts; Horses; Joking; Journeys; Joy; Kissing; Laughing; Life; Luck; Merry; Metaphor; Metaphor: Luck as Rose; Peace; Rich; Roses; Simplicity; Thorns; Trouble; Wine; Wise
First LineZwar schuf das Glück hienieden (Search)
Average Duration1:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1809 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=13373
Larger WorkSix Songs, Op. 75 (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsGerman Romanticism (Search)
Original LanguageGerman (Search)
Score Source http://petruccimusiclibrary.com/files/imglnks/usimg/f/fd/IMSLP317099-PMLP58803-LvBeethoven_6_Ges__nge__Op.75_BH_Werke.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/3c9RfC9YWM47CDi01yEDKq?si=Yi-_xVN8RhyFByNj1lSCsA
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/der-zufriedene-3/
Catalog DesignationOp. 75, no. 6 (Search)
Range: F#4 - E5 (Search)
Original KeyA Major (Search)
Dedicated ToFürstin Maria Charlotte von Kinsky (Search)
Premiered By (Search)
More Than One Voice?Unison chorus (Search)
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