Schumann: Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133

Description

• Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
• Editor: Wolfgang Boetticher
• Instrumentation: Piano
• Work: Gesänge der Frühe (Songs of Dawn), Op. 133
• Binding:
• ISMN: 9790201804590
• Size: 9.3 x 12.2 inches
• Pages: 23
• Urtext / Critical Edition

Description

“To Diotima” – this addendum to the title was preserved until shortly before publication of the piano “songs” and mystified Schumann’s contemporaries. “The Goddess to whom they are addressed has caused me quite a headache” wrote Joseph Joachim, and even Brahms was not able to identify her. The composer was referring to a novel by Hölderlin, although this work was apparently no longer generally very well-known in Schumann’s day. “Quite original pieces, there is a very particular atmosphere in them” – thus Clara passed judgement.