by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776) and by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826)
Seligkeit
Language: German (Deutsch)
Freuden sonder Zahl Blühn im Himmelssaal [Engeln]1 und Verklärten, Wie die Väter lehrten. O da möcht ich sein, Und mich [freun, mich freun]2! Jedem lächelt traut Eine Himmelsbraut; Harf' und Psalter klinget, Und man tanzt und singet. O da möcht' ich sein, Und mich ewig freun! Lieber bleib' ich hier, Lächelt Laura mir Einen Blick, der saget, Daß ich ausgeklaget. Selig dann mit Ihr, Bleib' ich ewig hier!
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2 Lang, Schubert: "ewig freun"
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Neu besorgt und vermehrt von Johann Heinrich Voss. Hamburg, bei Carl Ernst Bohn. 1804, pages 191-192.
This is the version of Hölty's poem heavily reworked by Voß. For the original version, with the title Minnelied, see below.
1 Lang: "Engel"2 Lang, Schubert: "ewig freun"
Text Authorship:
- by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Seligkeit", written 1773 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
- by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Seligkeit", written 1773 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gustav Blasser , "Seligkeit", op. 20 (Hölty-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 3 no. 9, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Kratochwill [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Seligkeit", op. 2 (Sechs teutsche [sic] Lieder) no. 2, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], München, Falter und Sohn, note: first published without an opus number; designated by Lang in 1867 as op. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Seligkeit", D 433 (1816), published 1895 [sung text checked 1 time]
Another version of this text exists in the database.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Benaurança", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zaligheid", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Bliss", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Bob Watson) , "Bliss", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Félicité", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Beatitudine", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Mercedes Vivas) , "Felicidad", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Covadonga González Bernardo) , "Felicidad", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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