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    • About Heinrich Heine (1797? - 1856) and The Poems
    • About Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) and The Song Cycle
    • Getting A Score of The Song Cycle
    • Recommended Recordings
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    Heine found his voice as a poet very early in his career, establishing his reputation with his second volume, the Tragödien, nebst einem lyrischen Intermezzo (Tragedies with a Lyric Intermezzo) of 1823. Heine reworked the Lyric Intermezzo and republished it in his first anthology, the Buch der Lieder (Book of Songs) of 1827. This anthology became a...

    Schumann fell in love with Clara Wieck, the pianist prodigy daughter of his piano teacher Friedrich Wieck. Wieck objected to Schumann as a potential son-in-law, and the stresses and roadblocks of a thwarted romance led Schumann to turn to poetry and song in the extraordinary "song-year" of 1840, when Schumann wrote over a third of all the songs he ...

    There are two critical editions worth considering: the Norton critical edition edited in 1971 by Arthur Komar which features a complete score, texts and translations, some textual notes, detailed Schenkerian analysis of some of the cycle and essays about Heine and Schumann. Henle has also brought out an Urtext edition of the score edited in 2006 by...

    The Danish tenor Aksel Schiøtz made a recording in 1946 for EMI/HMV with Gerald Moore (easily the most important art song accompanist of the 20th century). This has been reissued on a Danacord CD. This is perhaps the finest recording in a tragically short vocal career, with Schiøtz at the height of his vocal powers, mingling beautiful tone with sen...

    About the song cycle

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  2. Liner Notes, Texts, and Translations for the album Nottorno in English, German, and French. Notturno-Liner-Notes (pdf / 690.40 KB)

  3. Movements/Sections. 4 songs. Composition Year. 1894. Genre Categories. Lieder; Songs; For voice, piano; for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon and 4 horns (arr) For 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon and 4 Horns (Morrison)

  4. Morgen! Op. 23, No. 4 With a beautiful instrumental beginning, this song is a rarity in lieder; while most German songs seem to be fo-cused on past joys and troubles, this song looks ahead to the future with unequaled optimism and confidence. Love and happiness in all different forms will come to those who wait with strength. Morgen!

  5. Read the libretto, translated to english, of the German opera Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss on Opera-Arias.com. With links to other information and other operas.