SKU: HL.49045824
Max Kowalski (18821956) was a full-time lawyer who never gave up on his passion for music: singing lessons during his law studies, conducting and counterpoint classes, among others, at Dr. Hochs Konservatorium in addition to his work at his own law office in Frankfurt. While studying, he already published his first works; 15 song cycles were published until 1933. In the years that followed, the Jewish-born Kowalski was restricted in working both as a lawyer and as a composer due to his persecution by the National Socialists. In 1938 he was arrested, deported to the concentration camp of Buchenwald and finally forcedto flee into exile in London. Contemporaries called Kowalski a lyricist among the composers. The choice of texts of his songs shows his great knowledge and love of German literature. For example, he set to music texts by Friedrich Holderlin or Rainer Maria Rilke, but also Indian or Japanese poems. Kowalski left numerous unpublished songs which are published by Schott Music in a two-volume edition: Volume 1 (ED 22586) contains his Jewish songs (1935-37), the Heinrich Heine cycle (1937) and all English-language songs (1941-46). Volume 2 (ED 22587) contains Kowalski's late works: the songs based on texts by Friedrich Holderlin (1950) and the Geisha Lieder according to Klabund (1951).
SKU: HL.49046716
UPC: 842819112822. 9.0x12.0x0.204 inches.
SKU: BR.MN-12063P
ISBN 9790004792049. 8.5 x 12 inches. German.
Die Gedichte von Michael Ende sind im Vergleich zu seinen Romanen weniger bekannt; sie sind jedoch von derselben hohen kunstlerischen Qualitat. Frederic Bolli hat fur die Kraft, fur die Fantasie und fur die stets prasente Mehrschichtigkeit dieser Gedichte eine adaquate Tonsprache gefunden, in welcher die Sanftheit und der Schrecken, die Hohenfluge wie die Abgrunde uberzeugend musikalisch eingebunden sind.Die Lieder konnen als Zyklus aufgefuhrt werden: Die Bezeichnungen 12063a, b, c usw. geben die vom Komponisten vorgeschlagene Reihenfolge an. Es kann aber auch eine Auswahl getroffen oder eine abweichende Reihenfolge gewahlt werden.
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