The song "Das Veilchen" was written to a poem by a writer that died in what year?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( ; ] ; 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His works include epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist.
Der Wein "Der Wein " (The Wine) is a concert aria for soprano and orchestra, composed in 1929 by Alban Berg. The lyrics are from Stefan George's translation of three poems from Charles Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du mal ", as is the secret text of Berg's "Lyric Suite". "Die Seele des Weines" (The Wine's Soul), "Der Wein der Liebenden" (The Wine of Lovers), and "Der Wein des Einsamen" (The Wine of the Lonely One). The aria was dedicated to Ružena Herlinger, its commissioner and first performed in Königsberg on June 4, 1930 with Hermann Scherchen.