Hans Werner Henze (1926 – 2012), Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)

Wesendonck-Lieder

Fünf Lieder für eine Frauenstimme auf Gedichte von Mathilde Wesendonck von Richard Wagner Music Of Our Time

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Details
For
Alt und Kammerorchester
Product Type
Study score
Author / Composer
Hans Werner Henze, Richard Wagner
Product number
743982
Languages
german
Extent
71 Pages
Description

During the period in which these arrangements were created, Hans Werner Henze was far from being a Wagnerite. Despite this, he deliberately set out to study Wagner's music. Tristan und Isolde was the opera Henze found most accessible and it was therefore the Wesendonck-Lieder, dating from 1858 with their clear affinity to the harmony of Tristan, which became Henze’s focal point of interest. In his arrangements he was aiming 'to evoke the pre-Tristan state. For this reason, I have selected a smal...

Content
  • I Der Engel (The Angel) "In der Kindheit frühen Tagen..."
  • II Stehe still (Stand still!) "Sausendes, brausendes Rad der Zeit..."
  • III Im Treibhaus (In the Hothouse) "Hochgewölbte Blätterkronen..."
  • IV Schmerzen (Pains) "Sonne, weinest jeden Abend..."
  • V Träume (Dreams) "Sag', welch wunderbare Träume..."