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URIEL: O glücklich Paar, und glücklich immerfort, wenn falscher Wahn euch nicht verführt, noch mehr zu wünschen als ihr habt, und mehr zu wissen als ihr sollt!
Authorship
- by Gottfried, Freiherr van Swieten (1733 - 1803) [author's text not yet checked 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) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Rezitativ - O glücklich Paar, und glücklich immerfort", 1796-8 [tenor and orchestra], from the oratorio Die Schöpfung, no. 33. [text verified 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Récitatif", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2012-03-02
Line count: 5
Word count: 27
URIEL: Ô couple heureux, et heureux pour toujours, si aucune vaine illusion ne vous conduit à souhaiter plus que vous avez et à savoir plus que vous devez !
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gottfried, Freiherr van Swieten (1733 - 1803)
This text was added to the website: 2012-03-02
Line count: 5
Word count: 29