Hans Bethge

Hans Bethge (9 January 1876 – 1 February 1946) was a German poet whose reputation abroad rests above all on his free adaptations of Tang dynasty poetry set in Gustav Mahler's symphonic song cycle Das Lied von der Erde. The Max Eyth House in Kirchheim unter Teck houses a permanent exhibit of Hans Bethge's books, photographs and other artifacts, while his manuscripts are preserved at the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach.read more on Wikipedia...