Franz Peter Schubert (1797 – 1828) was an Austrian
composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a vast
oeuvre, including more than 600 secular vocal works
(mainly lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred
music, operas, incidental music, and a large body of
piano and chamber music. His major works include the
art song "Erlkönig", the Piano Trout Quintet in A
major, the unfinished Symphony No. 8 in B minor, the
"Great" Symphony No. 9 in ...(+)
Franz Peter Schubert (1797 – 1828) was an Austrian
composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a vast
oeuvre, including more than 600 secular vocal works
(mainly lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred
music, operas, incidental music, and a large body of
piano and chamber music. His major works include the
art song "Erlkönig", the Piano Trout Quintet in A
major, the unfinished Symphony No. 8 in B minor, the
"Great" Symphony No. 9 in C major, a String Quintet,
the three last piano sonatas, the opera Fierrabras, the
incidental music to the play Rosamunde, and the song
cycles Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise. He was
remarkably prolific, writing over 1,500 works in his
short career. His compositional style progressed
rapidly throughout his short life. The largest number
of his compositions are songs for solo voice and piano
(roughly 630). Schubert also composed a considerable
number of secular works for two or more voices, namely
part songs, choruses and cantatas. He completed eight
orchestral overtures and seven complete symphonies, in
addition to fragments of six others. While he composed
no concertos, he did write three concertante works for
violin and orchestra. Schubert wrote a large body of
music for solo piano, including eleven incontrovertibly
completed sonatas and at least eleven more in varying
states of completion, numerous miscellaneous works and
many short dances, in addition to producing a large set
of works for piano four hands. He also wrote over fifty
chamber works, including some fragmentary works.
Schubert's sacred output includes seven masses, one
oratorio and one requiem, among other mass movements
and numerous smaller compositions. He completed only
eleven of his twenty stage works.
In 1825, Schubert composed a selection of seven songs
from from Walter Scott's "The Lady of the Lake". They
were published in 1826 as his Opus 52. The songs are
not intended for a single performer: the three songs of
Ellen are for a woman's voice with piano accompaniment,
while the songs for Norman and Malcolm Graeme were
intended for the baritone Johann Michael Vogl. Of the
remaining two songs, one was for a male ensemble and
the other for a female ensemble. The cycle consisted
of:
1. "Ellen's Gesang I" (Ellen's First Song) D.837 Op.52
No. 1
2. "Ellen's Gesang II" (Ellen's Second Song) D.838
Op.52 No. 2
3. "Bootgesang" (Hail to the Chief) D.835 Op.52 No.
3
4. "Coronach" (Death song of the women and girls),
D.836 Op.52 No. 4
5. "Norman's Gesang" (Norman's First Song) D.846 Op.52
No. 5
6. "Ellen's Gesang III" (Hymne an die Jungfrau / Hymn
to the Virgin), D.839 Op.52 No. 6
7. "Lied des gefangenen Jägers" (Song of the Captive
Hunter), D.843 Op.52 No. 7
Schubert composed the songs to the German texts.
However, with the exception of No. 5, the songs were
clearly intended to be published with the original
English texts as well. This meant finding
correspondences to Storck's sometimes quite free
translations, which entailed significant
difficulties.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Maria_(Schubert))
Although originally composed for Voice & Piano, I
created this Interpretation of "Lied des gefangenen
Jägers" (Song of the Captive Hunter D.843 Op.52 No. 7)
for Flute & Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello).
