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by Moritz Hartmann (1821 - 1872)
Translation Singable translation by Adolphe Larmande (b. 1812)

Tu demandes pourquoi
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Pourquoi mon cœur en ta présence
 . . . . . . . . . .

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Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Adolphe Larmande (b. 1812)

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Moritz Hartmann (1821 - 1872), no title, appears in Schatten. Poetische Erzählungen, in 4. Intermezzo (Tagebuchblätter), no. 29
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819 - 1898), "Tu demandes pourquoi", op. 26 (12 Poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann) no. 1 (1858), published [1860] [ tenor and piano ], Paris, Éd. S. Richault, also set in German (Deutsch)

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