Karol Szymanowski
06.10.1882—29.03.1937

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Karol Szymanowski
Slopiewnie | op. 46b | for soprano and orchestra

Work Details
Opus: op. 46b
Year of composition: 1921
Subtitle: 5 Gesänge
Scored for: for soprano and orchestra
Composer: Karol Szymanowski
Text Author: Julian Tuwim
Original Language: Polnisch
Translator: Rudolf Stephan Hoffmann; Zofia Grzybowska-Szymanowska
Soloinstruments/Soloists: soprano
Instrumentation: 1 1 1 1 - 1 0 0 0 - pno, str
Instrumentation details: flute; oboe; clarinet in A (+cl in Bb); bassoon; horn in F; piano; soprano; violin I; violin II; viola I; viola II; violoncello; contrabass
Table of Contents: Kirschenweiß; Grüne Lust; Der heilige Franziskus; Rotes Lied; Wanda
Duration (min): 10
Dedication: "A ma soeur Madame St. Korwin-Szymanowska"

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Work Introduction

Julian Tuwim’s atmospheric, almost secessionist poems inspired Karol Szymanowski to write an exquisite song cycle. The music is refined with wonderful, oriental-style melodic phrases, fragile and brilliantly chosen. The non-vibrato soprano voice itself – frequently accompanied by an [...]

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