Goldschmidt, Berthold: Two Morgenstern Songs op. 27 (1933 arr.1992) 5'
for mezzo-soprano (or baritone) and string trio

Music Text  
1. Nebelweben 2. Ein Rosenzweig (Christian Morgenstern from 'Melancholie') (G)
Abbreviations (PDF).

Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.

World Premiere
2/8/1994
Burgerhaus, Recklinghausen
Kirsten Linder-Dewan, vln/Kolja Lessing,vla/B Schwartz, vlc/Susanne Blattert, ms


Repertoire Note  


Unlike many of his older contemporaries such as Zemlinsky, Schreker and Korngold, Goldschmidt rarely ventured into the genre of the Lied, but these two settings of short poems by Christian Morgenstern are, in their quiet way, among his finest achievements. The first, Nebelweben (Fogweaving), is a tranquil evocation of drifting fog conjuring up ghostly apparitions, while the second, Ein Rosenzweig (A Sprig of Roses), describes a brief amorous encounter that happened "somewhere in the South".