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sometimes misattributed to Salomon Hermann, Ritter von Mosenthal (1821 - 1877) and by Wilhelm Jordan (1819 - 1904)

Wann Zwei sich lieben
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
[Wann]1 Zwei sich lieben 
[Von]2 ganzem Herzen,
Die müssen ertragen 
Der Trennung Schmerzen.

[Wann]1 Zwei sich lieben 
Aus tiefster Seele,
Die müssen glauben 
An Himmelsbefehle.

[Wann]1 Zwei sich lieben 
Mit Gottesflammen,
Geschieht ein Wunder
Und bringt sie zusammen!

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•   C. Goldmark 

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1 Goldmark: "Wenn"
2 Goldmark: "Vom"

Text Authorship:

  • sometimes misattributed to Salomon Hermann, Ritter von Mosenthal (1821 - 1877)
  • by Wilhelm Jordan (1819 - 1904), no title, appears in Durch's Ohr, first published 1870 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Wenn zwei sich lieben", op. 523 (Drei Lieder für Mezzosoprano mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1878 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915), "Wenn zwei sich lieben", op. 46 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 (1888/9) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Reinhold Ludwig Herman (1849 - 1919), "Sage", op. 35 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Wenn zwei sich lieben von ganzem Herzen", op. 40 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Kleemann , "Wenn zwei sich lieben", op. 10 (Drei Lieder für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1886 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild (1832 - 1924), "Wann zwei sich lieben", published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hermann Schäffer (1829 - 1900), "Wenn Zwei sich lieben", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1880 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Wann zwei sich lieben", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4 (1872/3?), published [1875] [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, H. Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Wenn zwei sich lieben", op. 53 (Vier Duette) no. 3, published 1896 [ duet for alto and baritone with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Wann zwei sich lieben", op. 25 (4 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Otto Dorn.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "When two people love each other", copyright © 2012


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 42

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