A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Life let us cherish
LIFE LET US CHERISH. A favourite German song, commencing 'Freut euch des Lebens,' the author of which is Martin Usteri of Zurich; first published in the 'Göttinger Musenalmanach' for 1796 without the author's name. The music was written in 1793 by Hans Georg Nägeli. It is used as subject for the elaborate variations which form the last movement of Woelfl's celebrated sonata called 'Non plus ultra.'
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