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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)

Lied
 (Sung text for setting by J. Lang)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
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Das wäre Liebe?  Das wäre Liebe?
Daß du so freundlich nicht mehr bist.
Das wäre Liebe?  
Nein, das ist nicht Leben, daß sic ist nicht Liebe!

Composition:

    Set to music by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Lied", alternate title: "Das wäre Liebe?", 1836 [ voice and piano ], unpublished

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
  • sometimes misattributed to Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-03-17
Line count: 4
Word count: 26

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