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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation Singable translation by W. Grist

An old story
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
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Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by W. Grist

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 39
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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 Emil Kreuz (1867 - 1932), "An old story", op. 4 (Four songs) no. 1, also set in German (Deutsch)

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by A. Davenport ; composed by Edward Baxter Felton.
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  • Also set in English, a translation by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937) , "A youth once lov'd a maiden" ; composed by Maude Valérie White.
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  • Also set in Hebrew (עברית), a translation by Isaac Katznelson ; composed by Samuel Alman.
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  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893) , no title ; composed by Nikolay Sergeyevich Potolovsky, Vladimir Alekseyevich Senilov.
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