Two Morgenstern Songs
op. 27 (1933 arr.1992)for mezzo-soprano (or baritone) and string trio
Dauer: 5'
Gesangstext
- Nebelweben 2. Ein Rosenzweig (Christian Morgenstern from 'Melancholie') (G)
Abkürzungsverzeichnis (PDF)
Verlag:
Boosey & Hawkes
Vertriebsgebiet
Dieses Werk ist erhältlich bei Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Verfügbarkeit
World Premiere
08/02/1994
Burgerhaus, Recklinghausen
Kirsten Linder-Dewan, vln/Kolja Lessing,vla/B Schwartz, vlc/Susanne Blattert, ms
Hintergrund
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".