Song Details
- Album Release Date: 1995-03-01
- Album Name: Hugo Wolf, Italienisches Liederbuch, Goethe & Keller Lieder
Song Meaning (Interpretation) of “Goethe-Lieder, Aus Wilhelm Meister, Mignon (Kennst du das Land)” by Irwin Gage
The song “Goethe-Lieder, Aus Wilhelm Meister, Mignon” by Irwin Gage released in 1995-03-01 is a composition musically depicting the melancholy yearning of the character Mignon in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s novel “Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship”. Through both the text and the musical composition, Gage conveys Mignon’s yearning for a homeland she cannot describe, but desperately wants to find. The music, characterized by a buoyant and persistent piano part, reveals the relentless, purposeful nature of Mignon’s journey, always searching for her forgotten homeland. Gage also weaves in wistful lyrical passages that invoke a sadness amidst the hope present in her search. With a deeply emotive sense of longing, Irwin Gage’s composition perfectly captures the heart of Mignon’s story, and invites us to join her in her search for home.