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SCHUMANN, Robert,
1810-1856
Dichterliebe, opus 48. Liederkreis
aus Heinrich Heines Buch der Liede
Faksimile nach dem Autograph in der
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz.
Mit einem Geleitwort von Brigitte Fassbaender
Herausgegeben und mit
einer Einführung von Elisabeth Schmierer
 detail of first song, "Im
wunderschönen Monat Mai"
Meisterwerke
der
Musik im Faksimile, 9. Laaber,
2005. Oblong, 4°, 14, 44 pp. Full-color facsimile of the
fascinating autograph score issued on the occasion of “Schumann Year
2006”.
Dichterliebe (”Poet’s Love”),
a cycle of 20 settings on poetry by Heinrich Heine (“Book of Songs”),
is
undoubtedly
Schumann’s masterpiece of song writing. It was written in the short
period of a week, during what is called Schumann’s “year of songs”,
1840 (the same year as the Eichendorff Songs, op.30, Myrten, op.25,
Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42 and Heine-Liederkreis op.24). Schumann
follows the pattern
established in Beethoven's "An die ferne Geliebte" in creating unity
essentially by musical means (e.g., beginning and ending the entire
collection with similar tonal gestures, or having tonal cadences in one
song resolved only in the next). Schumann also grasps the
"through-composition" style, overlaying the poetry with strictly
compositional devices, ones not suggested by the content or structure
of the poem. Writers have commented on how effectively in this cycle he
makes the poet speak, cry out, rage, plead, and whisper. Contents: "Im
wunderschönen Monat Mai; "Aus meinen Tränen sprießen",
"Die Rose, die
Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne", "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", "Dein
Angesicht, so lieb und schön", "Lehn' deine Wang' an meine Wang'",
"Ich will
meine Seele tauchen", "Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome", "Ich grolle
nicht", "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", "Das ist ein
Flöten und
Geigen", "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", "Ein Jüngling liebt
ein
Mädchen", "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", "Es leuchtet meine
Liebe", "Meine Wagen rollet langam", "Ich hab' im Traum
geweinet",
"Allnächtlich im Traume", "Aus alten Märchen winkt es", and
"Die alten, bösen Lieder". The
songs were first performed by Julius Stockhausen, accompanied by
Johannes Brahms. A wonderful
gift
for any Schumann lover.
Handsome bibliophile edition with commentary in Ger-Eng, Hardbound,
with decorative
paper boards. $117 (view
other
volumes from this series)
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