Hans Bethge

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Hans Bethge was a German poet best known for his free adaptations of classical Chinese poetry, which inspired Gustav Mahler’s song-symphony "Das Lied von der Erde."

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instanceOf human
poet
translator
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
dateOfBirth 1876-01-09
dateOfDeath 1946-02-01
educatedAt University of Erlangen
University of Halle
genre lyric poetry
poetry
hasAdaptedFrom Chinese poets of the Tang dynasty
classical Chinese poetry
hasLiteraryForm Nachdichtung
hasOccupation lyric poet
hasWorkTranslatedInto English
French
Italian
Japanese
influenced 20th-century German song composers
inspired Gustav Mahler
inspiredWork Das Lied von der Erde
knownFor free adaptations of classical Chinese poetry
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement lyric poetry
nativeLanguage German
notableWork Die armenische Nachtigall
Die chinesische Flöte
Die chinesische Flöte. Nachdichtungen chinesischer Lyrik
Die indische Harfe
Die japanische Flöte
Die türkische Harfe
occupation poet
translator
writer
partOf German literature
placeOfBirth Dessau
placeOfDeath Stuttgart
religion Protestantism
residence Berlin
Stuttgart
sexOrGender male
workUsedAsTextFor Das Lied von der Erde
Lieder by Alban Berg
Lieder by Anton Webern
Lieder by Arnold Schoenberg
Lieder by Richard Strauss

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