Three Songs for mezzo-soprano or baritone
| Full title | Three Songs for mezzo-soprano or baritone / Drei Lieder für Mezzosopran oder Bariton | |
| Date composed | 1912? | |
| Details |
1 Der Einsamste / The Loneliest Man (Friedrich Nietzsche; translated into English by Louise Haeseller); vocal range: a–db' and c#'–f' 2 Der Tag klingt ab / The Day Recedes (Friedrich Nietzsche; translated into English by Louise Haesller); vocal range: a–cb'' or c#'–eb'' 3 Schmied Schmerz / Smith Grief (Otto Julius Bierbaum; translated into English by Vally Weigl); vocal range: g–db'' or b–f#'' Composer's revision, ca. 1912, of nos. 2, 3, and 7 from Seven Songs op. 1. |
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| Manuscript sources | NYPL JPB 99-7 no. 19, photocopy of copyist's score (7 folded folios), with German and English titles written in ink at top of no. 1 in Weigl's hand: Drei Lieder für Mezzosopran oder Alt oder Bariton / Three Songs for Mezzosoprano or Alto or Baritone / Karl Weigl, op. 1; at the foot of this page, also in Weigl's hand: Copyright 1912 by Universal Edition, Wien, Leipzig. | |
| Publication details | Not published in composer's lifetime. Today publisher of record is ACA. | |
| Availabiity | Performance score available from ACA and KWF. | |
| Recordings | ||
Performances (click
icon to expand or collapse list)| 31 January 1951 | New York: William Gephart, baritone; Ludwig Lennel, piano. |
| 9 February 1966 | New York, New York, Austrian Forum: Arthur Thompson, baritone; Vally Weigl, piano. |
