Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Acht Gedichte / Eight Poems


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Acht Gedichte / Nyolc vers
Foreign language / English title
Acht Gedichte / Eight Poems
Subtitle
For voice and piano
Dedication
"Der Frau Gräfin Alexandra Széchényi geborne Gräfin Sztáray-Szirmayg ewidmet"
Year of composition
1871

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
voice, pf.
Duration
17 min

Movements, parts
1. So wahr die Sonne scheinet (Rückert)
2. Seliger Tod (Uhland)
3. Frűhlingsgedränge (Lenau)
4. Komm, o Nacht (Sturm)
5. Ich muss hinaus (Fallersleben)
6. Nur dich allein (Geibel)
7. Hinaus (Lermontov)
8. Du bist wie eine Blume (Heine)

Text
RÜCKERT, Friedrich; UHLAND, Ludwig; LENAU, Nikolas; STURM, Julius; FALLERSLEBEN, Hoffman von; GEIBEL, Emanuel; LERMONTOV, Mikhail; HEINE, Heinrich
Language
German
Publisher / Source
Schubert und Co, Leipzig, 1872
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32043, 2001 - Andrea Melath (Ms.), Attila Fekete (T.), Emese Virag (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1870 - 1871

Based on poems by Rückert, Uhland, Lenau, Sturm, Fallersleben, Geibel, Lermontov and Heine