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Fünf Lieder für eine Frauenstimme auf Gedichte von Mathilde Wesendonck von Richard Wagner
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for | Voice (soprano), orchestra |
Musical Editions | Conductor score, Study score |
Item no. | 353315 |
Author / Composer | Richard Wagner |
Arranger | Hans Werner Henze |
Language | german |
Scope | 72 pages |
Duration | 15 minutes |
Release year | 1984 |
Publisher / Producer | Schott Music |
Producer No. | ED 7230 |
ISMN | 9790001075695 |
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 Henzes focal point of interest.In his arrangements he was aiming 'to evoke the pre-Tristan state. For this reason, I have selected a small ensemble consisting of seven wind instruments, two horns, harp and small string orchestra to retain the preliminary study character of these Lieder. At the same time however, I am attempting to permit the Tristanesque tone which is already inherent in the piano version to unfold through harmonic separation.'- Hans Werner Henze