Eight Womens Choruses
| Full title | Eight Womens Choruses a cappella op. 25 / Acht Frauenchöre a cappella op. 25 | |
| Date composed | 1906 | |
| Details |
1. Musikantengruß / Musicians' Greeting (Josef von Eichendorff) 2. Elfe / Fairy (Eichendorff) 3. Marienlied / Song to Mary (Wunderhorn) 4. Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht / Where Did You Hear this Song (Wunderhorn) 5. Liebeswünsche / Love's Greetings (Wunderhorn) 6. Im Frühling / In Springtime (Aist) 7. Die Elfen sangen / The Elves Sang (Goethe) 8. Primula veris (Lenau) Composition completed June 1906. Texts by Eichendorff, Aist, Goethe, and Lenau, and from Wunderhorn; English translations by Vally Weigl. Scoring: SSA and SSSS. |
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| Manuscript sources | NYPL JPB 78-19, holograph score (12 pages), with composer's note on title page: Wien, Juni 1906. | |
| Publication details | Universal Edition, 1933; Heft 1: U.E. 10.408; Heft 2,:10.409; all now o.p. | |
| Availabiity | Scores of all eight choruses available from ACA; scores of nos. 1 and 5 available from KWF. | |
| Recordings | ||
Performances (click
icon to expand or collapse list)| 20 May 1926 | Frankfurt a. Main, Kurhaus Bad Homburg: Dessoff’scher Frauenchor and Das Kurorchester, cond. Julius Maurer (nos. 1, 4, and 5). Also on program: works by Melchior Franck; Palestrina, Handel; Brahms; Cherubini; Othmar Schoeck. |
| 18 January 1937 | Vienna: Wiener Frauenkammerchor, cond. Ernst Kanitz (3 nos.). |
| 23 March 1946 | Poughkeepsie, New York, Vassar College: Vassar Glee Club, dir. John Peirce, and Princeton Glee Club, dir. J. Merrill Knapp. |
