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Our title Here am I free, here do I belong is well-chosen by us artists these days. Goethe himself used this expression in his Easter Walk under the protection of Duke Carl August, who was brought up in an enlightened spirit and in his service. For us today, in January 2025, it is an expression of freedom for creative artists and all people who live in a liberal democracy today and want to continue to live freely there! Find your own here I am human, here I am free to be!
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Up to his death in the year 1832 Goethe continued focussing on his creative work. His literary remains have still a great impact on today's thinking and especially on drama. His works are read, played and researched in schools, universities, theatres, the Internet or on Television. So most people know about the key characters in his dramas like Werther, Faust, Mephistopheles etc., which have helped form our moral and intellectual understanding of the world. His prose work is, one might say, ever-present.
What about his lyrical work? Do we find there anything which may rouse our interest, we may love reading, that can stir our imagination, which addresses feelings that touch our own life? To find answers to these questions we have started this project of editing some of his best known poems and ballads hoping they may cause reactions like 'Oh, yes! I remember them' or 'It's great to read them again'.
Further reading & information about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and his complete works:
The German Romanticism Museum in Frankfurt am Main:
https://deutsches-romantik-museum.de/en/
The Frankfurter Goethe House in Frankfurt am Main:
See Website above
The Goethe National Museum in Weimar:
https://www.klassik-stiftung.de/en/goethe-national-museum/
