David Solomons

singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer

Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt – alto (or baritone) and guitar

SM-000085730
Alternative title
Нет, только тот, кто знал
Composer
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Arranger
David W Solomons
Lyricist
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher
David W Solomons
Genre
Classical / Song
Instrumentation
Contralto, Countertenor, Baritone, Classical guitar
Scored for
Duo
Type of score
Score for two performers
Duration
3'20"
Language
German
Difficulty
Medium
Year of composition
1985

Description
Arranged for alto and guitar - sound sample performed by me
Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt,
weiß was ich leide!
Allein und abgetrennt
von aller Freude,
seh ich ans Firmament nach jener Seite.
Ach! Die mich liebt und kennt,
ist in der Weite.
Es schwindelt mir, es brennt
mein Eingeweide.
Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
weiß was ich leide!

This poem appeared in Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship). It is one of the songs of Mignon, a character in that novel.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed a set of six romances for voice and piano, the last being the melancholy "Harpist's Song" Нет, только тот, кто знал...
poem by by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822-1862), this being a translation from Goethe's poem.

(The English version "None but the Lonely Heart" is also often used, but I have been unable to establish the copyright status of that version).

My arrangement for alto and guitar uses only Goethe's original German poem, but if anyone would like to use Lev Mey's Russian version, it is here:

Нет, только тот,
кто знал свиданья, жажду,
поймёт, как я страдал
и как я стражду.
Гляжу я вдаль...
нет сил, тускнеет око...

Ах, кто меня любил
и знал - далеко!
Ах, только тот,
кто знал свиданья жажду,
поймёт, как я страдал
и как я стражду.
Вся грудь горит...

Upload date
11 Jan 2012

Price

Sheet music file
7.00 USD
PDF, 192.7 Kb (4 p.)

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