Goethe wrote this particular song in 1774. Faun‘s song König von Thule is a cover of Gretchen’s song in the first part of Goethe’s Faust (lines 2759-82).Alfred Schnittke‘s Faust Cantata (1982–83).Alexander Lokshin‘s Three Scenes from Goethe’s Faust (for soprano and orchestra) (1980).Hans Werner Henze‘s Chor gefangener Trojer (1948).Julius Röntgen‘s Aus Goethes Faust (1931).Havergal Brian‘s Gothic Symphony (1919–27).Lili Boulanger‘s Faust et Hélène (1913).Gustav Mahler‘s Part II of Symphony No.Jean Roger-Ducasse‘s Au jardin de Marguerite, symphonic poem with chorus (1905).
Modest Mussorgsky: “ Mephistopheles’ song of the flea” (1879) is a version of the song that Mephistopheles sings in the tavern scene of Goethe’s Faust, pt.Pablo de Sarasate‘s “ Nouvelle fantaisie sur ‘Faust’“, Op.Henri Vieuxtemps‘s Fantasie sur “Faust” de Ch.Jean-Delphin Alard‘s Fantaisie de concert sur Faust, Op.Henryk Wieniawski‘s Fantaise brillante on themes from Gounod’s Faust, Op.20.Franz Liszt‘s Faust Symphony (1854–57) and Mephisto Waltzes.Robert Schumann‘s Scenes from Goethe’s Faust (completed 1853).Charles-Valentin Alkan‘s Grande sonate ‘Les quatre âges’, Op.33: 2nd Movement “Quasi-Faust” (1847).Hector Berlioz‘s The Damnation of Faust (1845–46) (sometimes performed in staged opera versions).Felix Mendelssohn‘s Die erste Walpurgisnacht (1843).Franz Schubert‘s Gretchen am Spinnrade (1814).Ludwig van Beethoven‘s Opus 75 no 3 (1809) Song - Aus Goethes Faust: “Es war einmal ein König”.Works which tell or allude to the Faust tale Conversations with Eckermann, 1823-1832.The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (Marlowe).Timeline of Cards, Cartomancy, and Tarot.All the Year Round on Cagliostro-Part 2.All the Year Round on Cagliostro-Part 1.