Chorus (with soloists)
and piano
SKU:
BR.CHB-16001
Urtext from the new
Complete Edition (G.
Henle Verlag).
Composed by Johannes
Brahms. Edited by Bernd
Wiechert. Choir.
Chor-Bibliothek (Choral
Library). Song; Romantic;
Late-romantic. Sheet
Music. Duration 18'.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#CHB 16001. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.CHB-16001).
ISBN
9790004413289. 7.5 x 10.5
inches.
The song
cycle Zigeunerlieder
(Gypsy Songs) by Johannes
Brahms consists of eleven
settings of Hungarian
folk songs in a German
adaptation by Hugo
Conrat, which, according
to the composer, could be
understood to form a
novel-like structure.
Four more of these were
later published as part
of the Six Quartets op.
112 (CHB 16000). The
cycle originated in a
relatively short time in
February 1888 and went
into print in October
1888, as the editor of
the respective volume of
the new Brahms complete
edition is explaining in
detail in the preface. In
a way, the Zigeunerlieder
op. 103 form the exotic
counterpart of the
Liebeslieder (Love Songs)
op. 52 and op. 65 and the
vocal counterpart of the
Hungarian Dances.
Although Brahms had
conceived them for vocal
quartets in domestic use,
public performances with
choirs already happened
during his lifetime. This
tradition continues until
today, taking advantage
of modern grand pianos
with a larger volume to
enable a larger choral
scoring.
Gypsy Folk Song
