Welcome and Farewell

"Welcome and Farewell" (original German title: Willkommen und Abschied) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from the collection Sesenheimer Lieder. It was published for the first time in 1775 in the women's magazine Iris. Franz Schubert set it to music as a lied (D.767).

Welcome and Farewell

"Welcome and Farewell" (original German title: Willkommen und Abschied) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from the collection Sesenheimer Lieder. It was published for the first time in 1775 in the women's magazine Iris. Franz Schubert set it to music as a lied (D.767).