G. Henle Verlag Gesange der Fruhe op. 133 - Schumann /Boetticher /Theopold - Piano - Book

Composer: Robert Schumann
Editor: Wolfgang Boetticher
Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold
Format: Softcover
Instrumentation: Piano

"To Diotima" - this addendum to the title was preserved until shortly before publication of the piano "songs" and mystified Schumann's contemporaries. "The Goddess to whom they are addressed has caused me quite a headache" wrote Joseph Joachim, and even Brahms was not able to identify her. The composer was referring to a novel by Holderlin, although this work was apparently no longer generally very well-known in Schumann's day. "Quite original pieces, there is a very particular atmosphere in them" - thus Clara passed judgement. In this revised edition Ernst Herttrich provides a detailed illumination of the background to this unusual work.

Contents:

• Gesange der Fruhe op. 133,1
• Gesange der Fruhe op. 133,2
• Gesange der Fruhe op. 133,3
• Gesange der Fruhe op. 133,4
• Gesange der Fruhe op. 133,5