Als Gij mij zegt te zingen dan is het of mijn hart zal breken van trots (Anonymous, set by (Aleidus Coenen, Albert De Klerk)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Als Gij mij zegt te zingen dan is het of...

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the English

Als Gij mij zegt te zingen dan is het of mijn hart zal breken van trots
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Authorship

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on

a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 2, first published 1912

Based on

a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 2 [text unavailable]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Aleidus Coenen (1877 - 1962), "Wij-Zang (Gitanjali)", 1918 [baritone and piano]
by Albert De Klerk (1917 - 1998), "Als Gij mij zegt te zingen", 1994 [bass and piano or organ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG FRE GER ; composed by Jan Pouwels.
Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG GER ; composed by Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson.
Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG FRE GER ; composed by Dino Menichetti.
Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Andrea Butenschön (1866 - 1948) , first published 1915 ENG FRE GER ; composed by Edvin Kallstenius.

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