Of this cycle schumann said, the voice alone cannot reproduce everything or produce every. Mondnacht was one of schumanns most famous and beautiful songs, and brahms seems to have set out to compose something that was also heartstoppingly beautiful, but in a deliberately different way. Each pair of even numbered lines ends with perfect rhyme, while odd numbered pairs terminate slightly imperfectly. Mondnacht is a german lieder, written in 1840 by robert schumann. Translation it was as if the sky had quietly kissed the earth, so that in a shower of blossoms she must only dream of him. Liederkreis, opus 39, is regarded as one of the great song cycles of the 19th century. Mondnacht, woo21 hyperion records cds, mp3 and lossless.
Lieferung gegen rechnung, ab 20, eur portofrei deutschland. Eichendorff was one of the major writers and critics of romanticism. Mondnacht night of the moon poem by joseph freiherr. Mondnacht schumann by schumann by elisabeth schumann sopran. Download or order mondnacht sheet music from the composer robert schumann arranged for piano and low voice. Emmanuel music is a bostonbased ensemble of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by craig smith to perform the complete sacred cantatas of j. Barbara bonney soprano vladimir ashkenazypiano 1997. To precede my comparison of schumanns mondnacht and brahmss setting of the same poem i would like to begin with a brief introduction of the two composers. Taking schumanns setting of eichendorffs mondnacht as its example, this essay. Schumanns mondnacht setting 49 the poem scans in iambic trimeter, its twelve lines dividing into three quatrains each composed of a single sentence.
Mondnacht robert schumann 30 cm electrola db 1845matrix nr. Print and download in pdf or midi mondnacht robert schumann, op. Here is youtube reading of the poem and here is youtube. From this it can be seen that liederkreis is the most highly wrought of all schumanns cycles from the tonal point of view. Mondnacht, seine einzige vertonung eines geistlichen.
Against the consistent iambic3 initiations of all the lines, a. Mondnacht by schumann translationaccompaniment with. Robert alexander schumann june 8, 1810 july 29, 1856 was a german composer and. Aug 27, 2015 mondnacht by schumann, robert video accompaniment with sheet music. Print and download fruhlingsnacht sheet music composed by robert schumann. Dietrich fischerdieskau mondnacht schumann youtube.
Despite this almost oedipal competitiveness, the song is a success in its own right. Bachelorarbeit, masterarbeit, hausarbeit oder dissertation. This beautiful bagatelle is the fifth of 43 short piano pieces in the album for the young, op. In a letter to clara he called the twelve songs that make up the liederkreis, op 39 my most romantic music ever, with much of you in it, dearest clara. Mondnacht is the fifth song in schumanns glorious liederkreis cycle.
Comparison of schumanns mondnacht with brahmss setting of. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Comparison of schumanns mondnacht with brahmss setting. I think the main aspect that makes this poem so beautiful is actually not inherently linked to the german language. Emmanuel music continues to perform cycles of largescale and chamber works by bach, handel, mozart, schubert, brahms, debussy, haydn, schoenberg, weill, wolf, medelssohn, and schumann under artistic director ryan turner. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Their personal histories will be taken into account in order to show if any conclusions can be drawn on how their approaches to the compositions may have been influenced. Mondnacht is the fifth song in schumann s glorious liederkreis cycle.
Mar 30, 2008 emmanuel music is a bostonbased ensemble of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by craig smith to perform the complete sacred cantatas of j. Liederkreis, op 39 hyperion records cds, mp3 and lossless. Ijb 75 key aflat major movementssections movtssecs. Mondnacht moonlight robert schumann monash composers. Ever since their publication and up to the present day, some of his works have been very popular in germany eichendorff first became famous for his 1826 novella aus. Schumann s mondnacht setting curt cacioppo 6 4iy ondnacht is described by oskar seidlin as eichendorffs most jlvx beautiful poem, one of the few perfect lyrical marvels in the german language.
Robert schumann, bryn terfel, malcolm martineau, lorna anderson, timothy robinson bryn terfel schumann. July 29, 1856, endenich near bonn, germany the artist. Schumanns vertonung des eichendorffgedichts mondnacht 184025 ziihlt. Mondnacht by schumann, robert video accompaniment with sheet music. Mondnacht in e major, an album by robert schumann, robin scheidegger on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Sep 19, 2010 mondnacht is a german lieder, written in 1840 by robert schumann. Robert schumann 18101856 set this poem to music in 1840 putting in the center of his song cycle. Schumann wrote two cycles of this name the other being his opus 24, to texts by heinrich heine so this work is also known as the eichendorff liederkreis. Barbara bonneysoprano vladimir ashkenazypiano 1997. Its poetry is taken from joseph eichendorffs collection entitled intermezzo. Sheet music arranged for pianovocal, and singer pro in e major transposable. Jul 17, 2016 barbara bonneysoprano vladimir ashkenazypiano 1997. Robert alexander schumann june 8, 1810 july 29, 1856 was a german composer and pianist in the romantic period of classical music. Mondnacht by schumann translationaccompaniment with sheet.
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