Arnold Schönberg
13.09.1874—13.07.1951

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Arnold Schönberg
Gurre-Lieder | for solos, choir and orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 1900-1911
Scored for: for solos, choir and orchestra
Composer: Arnold Schönberg
Text Author: Jens Peter Jacobsen
Translator: Robert Franz Arnold; Donna Hewitt
Parts: Waldemar (Tenor)
Tove (Sopran)
Waldtaube (Mezzosopran oder Alt)
Bauer (Bass)
Klaus-Narr (Tenor)
Sprecher
Choir: Waldemars Mannen: 3 (eventuell 4) 4-stimmige Männerchöre, 8-stimmiger gemischter Chor (große Besetzung)
Soloinstruments/Soloists: soprano, mezzo-soprano or alto, 2 tenors, bass, speaker
Instrumentation: 8 5 7 5 - 10 6 6 1 - timp, perc, hp(4), cel, bass tpt, bass tbn, str
Instrumentation details: 1. piccolo (+fl); 2. piccolo (+fl); 3. piccolo (+fl); 4. piccolo (+fl); 1. flute; 2. flute; 3. flute; 4. flute; 1. oboe; 2. oboe; 3. oboe; 4. oboe (+c.a); 5. oboe (+c.a); 1. clarinet in Eb (+cl(A)); 2. clarinet in Eb (+cl(A)); 1. clarinet in B (+cl(A)); 2. clarinet in B (+cl(A)); 3. clarinet in B (+cl(A)); 1. bass clarinet in B (+cl(A)); 2. bass clarinet in B (+cl(A)); 1. bassoon; 2. bassoon; 3. bassoon; 1. contrabassoon; 2. contrabassoon; 1. horn in F; 2. horn in F; 3. horn in F; 4. horn in F; 5. horn in F; 6. horn in F; 7. horn in F; 8. horn in F; 9. horn in F; 10. horn in F; 1. trumpet in F (+tpt(Bb); tpt(C)); 2. trumpet in F (+tpt(Bb); tpt(C)); 3. trumpet in F (+tpt(Bb); tpt(C)); 4. trumpet in F (+tpt(Bb); tpt(C)); 5. trumpet in F (+tpt(Bb); tpt(C)); 6. trumpet in F (+tpt(Bb); tpt(C)); basstrumpet in Eb; altotrombone; 1. tenor bass trombone; 2. tenor bass trombone; 3. tenor bass trombone; 4. tenor bass trombone; bass trombone in Eb; contrabass trombone; contrabass tuba; timpani; perc; 1. harp; 2. harp; 3. harp; 4. harp; celesta; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Duration (min): 130
Licensing: Licensing Request
World Première
Location: Musikverein, Großer Saal Wien / Austria
Date: 23.02.1913
Choir: Philharmonischer Chor
Conductor: Franz Schreker
Main Soloists: Anna Bahr-Mildenburg - Waldtaube; Marya Freund - Tove; Franz Nachod - Waldemar
Work Introduction

Schönberg worked on his Gurre- Lieder for soloists, chorus and orchestra from 1900-1911, a period in which he left the work’s style far behind. For him its completion represented the documentation of a compositional style and spiritual attitude no longer his own. At its 1913 première in [...]

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