Heidenröslein
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Goethe poem about a rose on a heath
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Heidenröslein
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Heidenröslein, meaning “Little Rose on the Heath”, is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written in 1771 during his Strasbourg period and first published in 1789. It tells of a young man who sees a newly blooming rose on a heath and resolves to pluck it despite its warning. The poem has often been set to music, including settings by Franz Schubert, Heinrich Werner and Franz Lehár. Its final stanza and possible meanings have prompted differing scholarly interpretations.
- Author
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- First published
- 1789, by Georg Joachim Göschen
- Notable musical setting
- Franz Schubert, D. 257 (1815)
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Heidenröslein (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q100745289
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia CommonsJohann Wolfgang von Goethe, Google BooksModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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- 27 median daily views (Wikimedia Pageviews API (all-access, user agent))
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