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Kennst du die Liebe nicht?

Set by Alexander von Glaesz (1848 - 1904), "Kennst du die Liebe nicht?", op. 9, published 1889 [ medium voice and piano ], Dresden: Brauer [sung text not yet checked]

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Kennst du die Liebe nicht?
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Text Authorship:

by Ottobald Walther (b. 1835)

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  Wie mir der Himmel lacht
Aus deinem Angesicht,
Du ahnst es nicht!
  Und wenn dein Mund ein einzig Wörtlein spricht,
Wie gleich voll Pracht
Mir himmlischer Gesang erwacht!

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Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Wie mir der Himmel lacht ", appears in Liederbuch, in 3. Hauslieder, no. 287

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Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 258.

Note: in the Kistner catalog, the entry for Walther reads: " No 1. "Wie mir der Himmel lacht," von Fr. Oser, Strophe II vom Componisten", which means Walther only used the first stanza above. We will make note of the stanza with which Walther replaced the second stanza when we obtain it.

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Melanie Trumbull

Author(s): Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), Ottobald Walther (b. 1835)