Four Poems for chorus
Full title | Four Poems for four-part mixed chorus op. 7 / Vier Gedichte für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor op. 7 | |
Date composed | 1909 | |
Details |
1. Komm, süßer Tod 2. Campo Santo di Staglieno (Nietzsche) 3. Glaube (Friedrich Lienhard) 4. Morgen (Gottfried Keller) Composed 1909. See also Faith / Glaube, composer's arrangement of no. 3 for voice and organ. Texts of nos. 1, 2, and 3 translated by Luise Haessler; text of no. 4 translated by Vally Weigl. Scoring: SATB. |
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Manuscript sources | NYPL JOB 73-162, holograph scores; see also NYPL JPB 99-7 no. 9, published U.E. score with holograph corrections. | |
Publication details | Universal Edition, 1912: U.E. 3588. Reissued by Associated Music Publishers, 1942. | |
Availabiity | Score and parts available from ACA; score available from KWF. | |
Recordings |
18 March 1910*** | Vienna, Großer Musikvereinsaal: Philharmonischer Chor, cond. Franz Schreker (nos. 1, 3, and 4, Komm süßer Tod***, Glaube***, Morgen***). Also on program: works by Hermann Graedener; Franz Schreker; Josef Venantius von Wöss. |
12 June 1920 | Vienna, Saal des Volksbildungshauses Stöberg: Vienna Volkschor, cond. Hans Pless (no. 4). |
December 1929 | Vienna: Wiener Madrigalvereinigung Chor, cond. Hans Gál. |
11 October 1956 | New York, Austrian Institute, Carnegie Recital Hall, Wolf-Mahler-Weigl Evening: Ansonia Madrigal Singers, cond. Fred Popper (no. 3). Also on program: Hugo Wolf, songs; Gustav Mahler, songs; introduction by Carleton Sprague-Smith. |