by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by Louis Untermeyer (1885 - 1977)
Good fortune is a giddy maid
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
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Authorship:
- by Louis Untermeyer (1885 - 1977), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Das Glück ist eine leichte Dirne", appears in Romanzero, in 2. Zweites Buch, in Lamentationen
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Clarence Olmstead (b. 1892), "Good fortune is a giddy maid", published 1942
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Frank Stagnitta.
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