Was Liebe sei, S288 Second setting

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First line:

Dichter! Was Liebe sei, mir nicht verhehle!

composer

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

circa 1855; LW N7

author of text

Charlotte von Hagn (1809-1891)

Liszt’s second setting of Was Liebe sei is tauter than his first, with the tender answer about love surrounded by irresistibly light and happy staccato figures in the piano.

La deuxième musique que Liszt composa sur les paroles de Was Liebe sei est plus concentrée que la première, avec la tendre réponse sur l’amour entourée de joyeuses figures staccato d’une légèreté et d’un bonheur irrésistibles au piano.

extrait des notes rédigées par Susan Youens © 2016
Français: Marie-Stella Pâris

Liszts zweite Vertonung von Was Liebe sei ist dichter als die erste, und die zärtliche Erwiderung über die Liebe ist von unwiderstehlich leichten und freudigen Stakkatofiguren im Klavier umgeben.

aus dem Begleittext von Susan Youens © 2016
Deutsch: Christiane Frobenius