Five Songs from “Phantasus”
| Full title | Five Songs from “Phantasus” for a high voice and piano op. 9 / Aus “Phantasus” Gesänge für eine hohe Frauenstimme und Klavier op. 9 | |
| Date composed | 1905 | |
| Details |
1. Aus weißen Wolken baut sich ein Schloß; vocal range: c'–a'' 2. Dann lösch das Licht; vocal range: e'–a'' 3. Über die Welt hin ziehen die Wolken; vocal range: e'–a'' 4. In meinem schwarzen Taxuswald singt ein Märchenvogel; vocal range: d#'–g#'' 5. Auf einem vergoldeten Blumenschiff; vocal range: e'–b'' Texts by Arno Holz; translated into English by Vally Weigl. Composition completed February 1905. Dedication on published score: Frau Felicie Hüni-Mihaczek freundschaftlich zugeeignet; Weigl made a point of including the dedication on the printed program of the 13 December 1934 concert in which Hüni-Mihaczek performed the work. Performance duration: ca. 10 min. |
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| Manuscript sources | NYPL JOB 73-97, clean holograph score (13 pages), with composer's note on title page: Wien, Februar 1905. See also ÖNB Mus.Hs.36833, holograph [?] score; and NYPL JPB 99-7 no. 2, published Strache score. | |
| Publication details | 1920, Edition Strache: E. St. 34. Today publisher of record is ACA. | |
| Availabiity | Performance score available from ACA and KWF. | |
| Recordings | Judith Raskin and David Garvey (LP: Orion ORS 81407, 1973). Sophie Klußmann and Oliver Triend (CD: Capriccio C5259, Karl Weigl Ausgewählte Lieder, 2015). |
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| Listen |
Five Songs from “Phantasus”: no. 3, Über die Welt hin ziehen die Wolken Five Songs from “Phantasus”: no. 1, Aus weißen Wolken baut sich ein Schloß |
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Performances (click
icon to expand or collapse list)| 26 February 1913 | Vienna, Saal der Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft, Liederabend Karl Weigl: A.J. Boruttau, baritone; Karl Weigl, piano. |
| 9 November 1915 | Vienna, Konzerthaus, Schubert Saal: Elsa Pazeller, soprano; Ferdinand Foll, piano. |
| 8 November 1919 | Vienna, Komponisten-Abend Carl Prohaska, Karl Weigl: Felicie Hüni-Mihacsek, soprano; Karl Weigl, piano. Also on program: Prohaska, String Quintet in E Minor op. 16 and Pierrot Lunaire op. 14. |
| 16 November 1931 | Vienna, private musicale, Zur Weihe des Hauses Schmitz [Fritzi Schmitz]: Grete Schneider, soprano; Karl Weigl, piano. |
| 5 December 1933 | Vienna, Musikverein, Österreichischer Komponistenbund: Anny Richter, soprano; Water Bricht, piano (nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5). Also on program: works by W. Singer, Hans E. Peró, Josef Rinaldini, Viktor Hruby, Franz Hasenöhrl, Karl Senn. |
| 13 December 1934 | Vienna, Konzerthaus, Staatsakademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Jubiläumskonzert for Konservatorium der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde: Felicie Hüni-Mihaczek, soprano; Otto Schulhof, piano. Also on program: works by Robert Fuchs, Egon Kornauth, Franz Schmidt, Richard Stöhr, Alexander Zemlinsky, Joseph Marx, Max Springer, Karl Prohaska, Hugo Wolf, Franz Schreker. |
| 25 November 1936 | Paris, Foyer international des Etudiantes, Legation dAutriche, Festival de Musique Autrichienne Contemporaine: Aurora Argenti, contralto; unidentified pianist. |
| 25 November 1936** | Nos. 1 and 5, Paris, Foyer international des Etudiantes, Legation dAutriche, Festival de Musique Autrichienne Contemporaine, Aurora Argenti, contralto; unidentified pianist. Also on the program, works by Franz Hasenöhrl, Heller, Ludwig Rochlitzer, Josef Lechthaler, Alfred Uhl, and Schubert. |
| 19 May 1938 | Vienna, private musicale, home of Frau Reik-Bodanzky: Philippsky, soprano; Karl Weigl, piano. |
| 21 November 1940 | Philadelphia, PA, private musicale, Mrs. Wasserman, Works by Karl Weigl: Lore Meyer[?], soprano; Karl Weigl, piano. |
| 2 February 1941 | Chicago, Curtiss Hall: Beverly Watts, soprano; unidentified pianist. |
| 25 May 1944 | New York, radio broadcast WNYC, Compositions of Karl Weigl: unidentified singer; Karl Weigl, piano. |
| 16 April 1945 | Chicago: Beverly Watts, soprano; Horace Bennett, piano. |
| 1 March 1946 | New York, WNYC radio broadcast: Beverley Lane, soprano; Karl Weigl, piano. |
| 20 April 1959 | New York, Mannes College of Music, Karl Weigl Memorial Concer: Sarah Fleming, soprano; Richard Woitach, piano. |
| 11 September 1966 | New York, Brooklyn Museum Concerts and simultaneous WNYC radio broadcast: Karl Weigl Memorial Program: Esther Hinds, soprano; Vally Weigl, piano. |
| 4 January 1970 | New York, Brooklyn Museum Concerts, Karl Weigl Memorial Concert: Joan Patenaude, soprano; Zita Carno, piano. |
| 2 December 1989 | Chicago, University of Chicago, Goodspeed Recital Hall, Viennese Crosscurrents, Karl Weigl, Neo- Romanticism, and the Modernist Movement, concert 2: Love Song and Seven Songs op. 1 (Bruce Tammen and Kit Bridges); Five Songs from Phantasus op. 9 (Elsa Charlston and Kit Bridges); Five Duets for soprano and baritone nos. 1 and 3 (Elsa Charlston, Bruce Tammen, Kit Bridges). Also on program: Berg, Seven Early Songs; songs by Wolf, Mahler, and Korngold. |
