Comments on: Text and translation for Track 12: Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein from Der favorit by Stolz

By: Russ Stewart

Russ Stewart — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:38:11 +0000

Thanks for the lyrics. My wife (83) and I (84) “discovered” central European (mostly) operetta about a yr and 1/2 ago. We long ago gave up hope that musical shows of the old Broadway variety would be forthcoming, providing new tunes for our entertainment. Then we found a whole new cache of songs in operetta and operetta-like-music in the shows of Kalman., Abraham Pal, Robert Stoltz etc. [Mostly in German and Hungarian, but also in other languages. Translating titles is usually no problem, but the lyrics are more problematical, – mostly those in German. Mark Twain once devoted a chapter in one of his travel books, to something like “The Horrible German Language” in which he pointed out some of the challenges faced by any student thereof. Most translations on the internet are just the literal translations obtained by plugging German text into the Google translater. Your website is much appreciated.
Thank you
R Stewart

By: peter bence

peter bence — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 02:16:18 +0000

I am thrilled to have found your site, I’ve known these grate tunes since I was 10 or less, I am 78 now.Born in Budapest. Lehar and Strauss among others were the great weaver of unforgettable
melodies.Thanks for your contribution.

By: Petra

Petra — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:01:16 +0000

In reply to Leo Rotter. Simon is not responsible for the lyrics. The team has searched for texts and translations, or translated if not a "official" translation was found and put everything online. But thanks anyway.

By: Leo Rotter

Leo Rotter — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:28:23 +0000

Thanks for the lyrics, Simon.
There are Lehar, Kalmann and Strauss, but
Stolz is deep in my heart.