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Es muss ein Wunderbares sein
(1852)
S314
Es muss ein Wunderbares sein
Es muss ein Wunderbares seinUms Lieben zweier Seelen,Sich schliessen ganz einander ein,Sich nie ein Wort verhehlen,Und Freud und Leid und Glück und NotSo mit einander tragen;Vom ersten Kuss bis in den TodSich nur von Liebe sagen.
How wondrous it must be
How wondrous it must beWhen two souls love each other,Locking each other wholly in,Never concealing a single word,And sharing with each otherJoy and sorrow, weal and woe;Talking only of loveFrom the first kiss unto death.Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
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Composer
Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger and organist of the Romantic era. He was also a writer, a philanthropist, a Hungarian nationalist and a Franciscan tertiary.
A prolific composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the New German School (Neudeutsche Schule). He left behind an extensive and diverse body of work which influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated 20th-century ideas and trends. Among Liszt's musical contributions were the symphonic poem, developing thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form, and radical innovations in harmony.
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Poet
Oskar Freiherr von Redwitz-Schmölz was a German poet and professor of literature and aesthetics. You can read more about him and his life here. If you want to read some of his poetry in the original German, you can find it here.
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Es muss ein Wunderbares sein
How wondrous it must be
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Composer
Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger and organist of the Romantic era. He was also a writer, a philanthropist, a Hungarian nationalist and a Franciscan tertiary.
A prolific composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the New German School (Neudeutsche Schule). He left behind an extensive and diverse body of work which influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated 20th-century ideas and trends. Among Liszt's musical contributions were the symphonic poem, developing thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form, and radical innovations in harmony.
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Poet
Oskar Freiherr von Redwitz-Schmölz was a German poet and professor of literature and aesthetics. You can read more about him and his life here. If you want to read some of his poetry in the original German, you can find it here.
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