Chorus with inst. (choir: TTTTBBBB - str(without vl)) SKU: BR.CHB-5202-02
Des Menschen Seele (4. Arrangement). Composed by Franz Schubert. Choir; stapled. Chor-Bibliothek (Choral Library). This work is based on a poem by Goethe, written on his second trip to Switzerland.
Romantic period. Choral score. 20 pages. Duration 12'. Breitkopf and Haertel #ChB 5202-02. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.CHB-5202-02). ISBN 9790004411247. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.
This work is based on a poem by Goethe, written on his second trip to Switzerland.Inspired by the 300-meter-high Staubbach Falls in Lauterbrunnen Valley, Goethe is here describing the human soul and its transience using the water image. Schubert repeatedly revised his musical setting; so, from an original piano lied arose a piece for male quartet (ChB 4865) - initially a cappella, then with piano -, and finally today's best-known version for male octet, with low strings.
