Clothbound German and
English Piano
Accompaniment; Voice
(Voice and Piano)
SKU:
HL.49047152
Series
II: Lieder and Songs for
One Voice Hardcover.
Composed by Richard
Strauss. Edited by
Andreas Pernpeintner and
Sebastian Bolz. Edition
Schott. Classical.
Hardcover. Schott Music
#RSW205. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49047152).
UPC:
196288136620.
In
1918 a twelve-year phase
came to an end during
which Richard Strauss had
completely turned his
back on the composition
of lieder.Plausible
explanations for this
period of abstinence
range from StraussÂ’s
focus on stage works
during this time to the
fact that hiswife
Pauline, who had
previously constituted
the composer's
“ideal
performer†of his
lieder and frequently
been the source of
inspiration for these
compositions, had ended
her career as a singer.
After not having produced
any new lieder during
these twelve years,
Strauss was equally
consistent in the
resumption of lied
composition – at
least in the year 1918
that would prove to be
the most intensive
“lieder yearâ€
in his entire
compositional career with
the composition of opp.
66, 67, 68 and 69 (a
grand total of 29 lieder,
in addition to the
orchestration of six
piano lieder composed in
former years). The
current volume includes
the lieder dating from
1918 up to Strauss's
death in 1949 in their
original language and
pitch. German and
English.