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Alban Berg
Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder, for medium voice and orchestra
Text von: Paul Hohenberg Nikolaus Lenau Johannes Schlaf Theodor Storm Carl Hauptmann Rainer Maria Rilke Otto Erich Hartleben
Übersetzer: Eric Smith
Bearbeitet von: Heinz Stolba
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Format: 232 x 305 mm
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This edition of the Seven Early Songs for medium voice and orchestra owes its existence to the frequently expressed request to make this song cycle accessible to singers with a lower tessitura. Berg’s careful choices as regards the order of the songs, the sequence of keys and the instrumentation strongly suggested that they should be treated with the greatest possible circumspection. In view of the range of the vocal line, it seemed logical to transpose the entire cycle down by a minor third, thus maintaining the character of the key sequence. The instrumentation individually determined for each song naturally had to remain fundamentally unchanged. However, the range of the instruments and the orchestral colour made changes to the instrumentation necessary, which were however always made with an ear to the sound intended by Berg. In the case of the Seven Early Songs, a comparison of Berg’s piano songs and his own version with orchestral accompaniment reveals a number of significant differences in the treatment of the vocal line. This circumstance has been accounted for by publishing two versions of this edition for middle voice: A piano score for the orchestral songs and a separate edition for voice with piano accompaniment.
Heinz Stolba, September 2008
Contents
Traumgekrönt/A Crown of Dreams (Rainer M. Rilke) 2min 20s
Nacht/Night (Carl Hauptmann) 3min 20s
Im Zimmer/Indoors (Johannes Schlaf) 50s
Liebesode/Lovers' Ode (Otto Erich Hartleben) 1min 35s
Schilflied/Song Amongst the Reeds (Nikolaus Lenau) 2min
Die Nachtigall/The Nightingale (Theodor Storm) 1min 40s
Sommertage/Summer Days (Paul Hohenberg) 1min 20s
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Type: Dirigierpartitur
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Languages: Deutsch
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Format: 232 x 305 mm
ISBN: -
Pages: 64
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