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"Zueignung" was the first of eight songs by Strauss published as Op. 10, [4] which were all settings of Gilm's poems. In 1885, they were the first songs Strauss ever published. [ 4 ] The song was given its first public performance at Meiningen in a chamber concert on 5 March 1886 (along with three other Opus 10 songs "Nichts", " Allerseelen ...
" Die Nacht" ("The Night") is an art song composed by Richard Strauss in 1885, setting a poem by the Austrian poet Hermann von Gilm. It was included in the first collection of songs Strauss ever published, as Op. 10 in 1885 (which also included "Zueignung"). The song is written for voice and piano.
It is the last in a collection of eight songs which were all settings of Gilm poems from the same volume entitled Acht Lieder aus Letzte Blätter (Eight Songs from Last Pages), the first collection of songs Strauss ever published as Op. 10 in 1885, also including "Zueignung" (Dedication) and "Die Nacht" (The Night).
Schmutzer's Engraved portrait of Strauss, 1922 " Der Krämerspiegel" ("The Shopkeeper's Mirror"), Op. 66, is a 1918 song cycle of 12 songs written by Richard Strauss.The songs were set to texts commissioned by Strauss in a piqued response to a contractual obligation to produce a set of songs for his publisher. [1]
Strauss himself called this opera his "child of woe"; he even called it Die Frosch [This quote needs a citation] ("Frosch" means "frog" in German), that is "Die Frau ohne Schatten"). The complexity of the text and the stress of wartime made its composition a laborious task, and Strauss was also disappointed with the first productions.
The 1898 Paul Bernhoff translation is a "singable translation" which is compatible with the vocal line Strauss wrote for the German. [8] A more accurate translation of the German can be found in Alan Jefferson's 1971 book on Strauss Lieder - for example, in Jefferson's translation, the first verse is: [9]
Strauss had the voice of Elisabeth Schumann in mind when he composed the songs, [1] and dedicated the collection to her. [2] While the central songs suit Schumann's light coloratura voice, the outer works require more dramatic expression. The Brentano Lieder became Strauss' most significant song collection before his Four Last Songs (1948). [1]
" Heimliche Aufforderung" ("The Secret Invitation" or "The Lovers; Pledge"), Op. 27, No. 3, is one of a set of four songs composed for voice and piano by Richard Strauss in 1894. The German conductor Robert Heger orchestrated it in 1929. [2] The text is from a poem in German by John Henry Mackay.