Gegenliebe haydn biography
Gegenliebe haydn biography
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Seufzer eines Ungeliebten – Gegenliebe
1794/795 song by Ludwig van Beethoven
Seufzer eines Ungeliebten – Gegenliebe (Sigh of an unloved one – Love requited), WoO 118, is a song (lied) for voice and piano by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed at the end of 1794 or in 1795.
The text comes from two related poems from the collection Lyrische Gedichte (1789) by Gottfried August Bürger.[2] Both poems are written from the point of view of young man experiencing unrequited love: "Seufzer eines Ungeliebten" expresses the conceit that while all the creatures of the woodlands and fields have a partner to love them, the young man has none; "Gegenliebe" expresses a blissful fantasy on the young man's part that his love is returned.
Composition and publication history
The composer was about 24 when he wrote the song; he had arrived in Vienna in 1792 to study and build his career. Beethoven's primary teacher in Vienna was Joseph Haydn, who had himself already set the "Gege