 | Schubert, Franz Peter - "Lied der Mignon III" for Flute & Strings D.877 Op. 62 No. 4 Flute and String Quartet |
Lied der Mignon III for Flute & Strings
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| Composer : | Schubert, Franz Peter (1797 - 1828) | ||||
| Instrumentation : | Flute and String Quartet2 other versions | ||||
| Style : | Classical | ||||
| Key : | A minor | ||||
| Arranger : Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||||
| Added by magataganm, 17 Nov 2023 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). Lied der Mignon III ["Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt" ("Only one who knows longing")] D.877 Op. 62 No. 4 is one of three poems, set to music by Schubert, from Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre ("Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship"). Already set multiple times by Beethoven and later by Schumann, Wolf and Tchaikovsky, Schubert himself composed six different versions of Goethe's poem. Two versions—a duet and a solo song—were composed in January 1826 and published as part of his 4 Gesänge aus 'Wilhelm Meister', op. 62 the following year. No doubt, judging from its multiple settings by a few of the greatest representatives of classical music, Goethe's poem is overflowing with emotion and drama, begging to be expressed in tone. Schubert takes every opportunity to express the longing (Sehnsucht) of Goethe's words. The song opens with the piano sounding a varied form of what will be the vocal melody. Emotional tension is immediately felt, first, in the elision of the leading note from the opening measure emphasizing the somber tone; second, by a poignant D-sharp appoggiatura to the A minor harmony of the second measure; and, finally, the chromatic C-sharp and B-flat in the following measure—and all this just within three bars of music! The first two lines of Goethe's text are treated as a single unit. These same lines, as well as the accompanying music, will be recapitulated later at the end of the song. The final four lines of the first stanza wander from the starting tonality of A minor into the remote key of C minor. However, in a brilliant stroke, Schubert returns to the tonic by means of a single chord to close the first stanza on a half cadence in A minor. The opening lines of the second stanza begin over a disturbing chord of the second on the subdominant. At the words "I feel dizzy," the music breaks off into a series of repeated chromatic harmonies hovering inconclusively between the keys of D minor, C minor and A minor. After finally settling on the dominant harmony of A minor, the opening lines and music are repeated. The piano introduction also returns, bringing an end to one of Schubert's most heartfelt Lieder. Source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mignon_(Schubert)) Although originally composed for Voice & Piano, I created this Interpretation of "Lied der Mignon III" (D.877 Op. 62 No. 4) for Flute & Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello). Sheet central : | 4 Gesänge aus 'Wilhelm Meister' (7 sheet music) | | |||
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