Lippen schweigen franz lehar biography

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    original english lyrics for “lippen schweigen” from lehár’s die lustige witwe or the merry widow 

    A/N: My streak of translating nigh untranslatable opera/operetta fare continues! Will I ever learn? Not when there’s breath left in my body for translating said operetta fare. This one is especially a classic, irresistible waltz. Like if you like, reblog, etc. 

    Love Divine (Lippen schweigen) 

    Danilo
    Music’s playing
    Hear it saying “I love you”
    Hear in silence
    Music’s guidance:
    “Love me too” 

    In this night’s enchantment
    Waltzing tenderly
    In that glow
    Where words can’t go
    That’s where we’ll be 

    Hanna
    The beauty of this sweet
    Enchantment where we meet
    Steals soft into my heart,
    And whispers low,
    “My love, be mine”
    And though it doesn’t speak a word
    It speaks to me of love divine 
    And in that melody
    That’s where we’l

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    Kevin Clarke
    Operetta Research Center
    30 April,

    It doesn’t happen often that an operetta composer gets that much attention in the general media, certainly the Germany language press. But Lehár is in a league of his own it seems. Instead of adding yet another biographical article to the already endless jubilee list, we want to discuss a few fundamental questions surrounding Lehár and the way his operettas are performed today.

    Franz Lehár (2nd from left) with his wife Sophie and George Gershwin when he visited Vienna in (Photo: Atelier Willinger / Theatermuseum Wien)

    Because there are many misunderstandings regarding this composer born on 30 April, , in the Hungarian Komárom, now a city in Slovakia. Which prompted his rival Emmerich Kálmán to write to the director of Theater an der Wien in “Just keep that Slovak out.” It was the year that Lehár’s Zarewitsch premiered in Berlin, with Richard Tauber in the title role, and it was while Kálmán was working on his own Charlest

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    Franz Lehár

    Austro-Hungarian composer (–)

    "Lehár" redirects here. For the composer's brother, see Antal Lehár. For others of that name, see Lehár (surname). For the express train, see Lehár (train). For the Italian DJ, see Lehar (DJ).

    The native form of this personal name is Lehár Ferenc. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

    Franz Lehár (LAY-har; Hungarian: Lehár Ferenc[ˈlɛhaːrˈfɛrɛnt͡s]; 30 April – 24 October ) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe).

    Life and career

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    Lehár was born in the northern part of Komárom, Kingdom of Hungary (now Komárno, Slovakia),[nb 1] the eldest son of Franz Lehar Sr. (–),[1] an Austrian bandmaster in the Infantry Regiment No.&#;50 of the Austro-Hungarian Army and Christine Neubrandt (–), a Hungarian woman from a family of German descent. He grew u

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