Arnold Schönberg
Gurre-Lieder
Short instrumentation: 8 5 7 5 - 10 6 6 1 - timp, perc, hp(4), cel, bass tpt, bass tbn, str
Duration: 130'
Übersetzer: Donna Hewitt, Robert Franz Arnold
Text von: Jens Peter Jacobsen
Thematische Analyse von: Alban Berg
Choir: Waldemars Mannen: 3 (eventuell 4) 4-stimmige Männerchöre, 8-stimmiger gemischter Chor (große Besetzung)
Solos:
soprano, mezzo-soprano or alto, 2 tenors, bass, speaker
Roles:
Waldemar (Tenor) Tove (Sopran) Waldtaube (Mezzosopran oder Alt) Bauer (Bass) Klaus-Narr (Tenor) Sprecher
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
Schönberg - Gurre-Lieder for solos, choir and orchestra
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Alban Berg
Schönberg: "Gurrelieder" by Arnold SchönbergOrchestration: für Soli, Chor und Orchester
Type: Buch
Language: Deutsch
Arnold Schönberg
Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder (Songs of Gurre) for soprano, mezzo soprano (alto), 2 tenor and bass soloists, speaker, t(t)bb and double satb choir and orchestraOrchestration: for soli, speaker, male choir (TTBB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB) and orchestra
Type: Partitur
Language: Deutsch
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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 the Vienna Musikverein the piece enjoyed overwhelming success; Schönberg’s pupil Webern wrote: What a moment of my life! Unforgettable… The sensation of this tumultuous noise thrills me to the point where I swoon…