 The original version of "Ich möchte hingehn" was certainly composed in 1844 or 1845; however, there are four manuscripts, and only a single one, a copy by August Conradi, contains the bar with the "Tristan" motif.It is on a paste-over in Liszt's hand.Since in the second half of 1858 Liszt was preparing his songs for publication and he had at that time just received the first act of Wagner's "Tristan", it is most likely that the version on the paste-over was a quotation from Wagner.