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

Sieben Lieder / Seven Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Sieben Lieder / Hét dal
Foreign language / English title
Sieben Lieder / Seven Songs
Subtitle
For voice and piano
Year of composition
1874

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

Movements, parts
1. Bitte
2. In der Sturmnacht
3. Nun die Schatten dunkeln
4. Waldnacht
5. Lied des Glücklichen
6. Winternacht
7. Durch den Wald im Mondscheine

Text
LENAU, Nikolaus; KERNER, Justinus; GEIBEL, Emanuel; LINGG, Hermann von; WILBRANDT, Adolf; HEINE, Heinrich
Language
German
Publisher / Source
Edition Kahnt, Leipzig 1874
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32043, 2001 - Andrea Meláth (Ms.), Attila Fekete (T.), Emese Virág (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1873 - 1874

Based on poems by Lenau, Kerner, Geibel, Lingg, Wilbrandt and Heine