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).Songs such as ' Cross Road Blues' (1936) and ' Me and the Devil Blues' (1937) allude to his pact with the devil. Blues guitarist Robert Johnson fancifully said to have acquired his playing skill from the devil at a deserted crossroads.Tommy Johnson's claim precedes that of Robert Johnson's. Blues guitarist Tommy Johnson claimed to have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for guitar mastery.Faust, Der Tragödie erster Teil by German artist Flix.Pascal Dusapin's Faustus, the Last Night (2006).

John Coolidge Adams' Doctor Atomic (2005).

Konrad Boehmer's Doktor Faustus (1983), libretto by Hugo Claus.

Henri Pousseur (music) and Michel Butor (libretto), Votre Faust (1960–68), and related 'satellite' works.

Hanns Eisler's Johann Faustus (1952 libretto).

Igor Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress (1951).Gertrude Stein's Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights (1938 libretto).Douglas Moore's The Devil and Daniel Webster (1938).Sergei Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel (1927 first performed 1954).Ferruccio Busoni's Doktor Faust (1916–25).Meyer Lutz's romantic opera Faust and Marguerite and his burlesque Faust up to date (1888).Hector Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust (1846).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) and opera Faust.Lili Boulanger's Faust et Hélène (1913).Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Sonata No.1 (1908).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.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.Hector Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust (1845–46) (sometimes performed in staged opera versions).Felix Mendelssohn's Die erste Walpurgisnacht (1843).Giuseppe Verdi's Perduta ho la pace (1838).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'.

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