Wanderers Nachtlied

Wanderer's Nightsong

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Language

German

Year

1815

Country

Germany

Genre

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem

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"Wanderer's Nightsong" is the title of two poems by the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Written in 1776 and in 1780, they are among Goethe's most famous works. Both were first edited together in his 1815 Works Vol. I with the headings "Wandrers Nachtlied" and "Ein gleiches". The second poem was set by Schumann in his Lieder und Gesänge, Vol. IV, Op. 96. Both poems were set by Franz Schubert and catalogued as D 224 and D 768.