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by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by Edvard Lembcke (1815 - 1897)

Sang af Kjøbmanden i Venedig
Language: Danish (Dansk)  after the English 
Sig, hvor fødes Elskovs Lyst?
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Text Authorship:

  • by Edvard Lembcke (1815 - 1897)

Based on:

  • a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, written 1596, appears in The Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene 2
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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 Peter Arnold Heise (1830 - 1879), "Sang af Kjøbmanden i Venedig", published 1873 [ voice and piano ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Emmanuel Hiel (1834 - 1899) , "Langs waar komt het lustbegin", appears in Gedichten, in Twaalf liederen van Shakespere, no. 9, first published 1868 [an adaptation] ; composed by Petrus Leonardus Leopoldus "Peter" Benoit.
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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Camille de Sainte-Croix (1859 - 1915) ; composed by Paul Vidal.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Ludwig (Wilhelm) Meyer (1759 - 1840) , no title ; composed by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel.
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