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The Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy songs) op. 103 and op. 112, nr. 3–6, are a song cycle for 4 singers (or choir) and piano by Johannes Brahms. The texts are hungarian Folk songs in german adaptation by Hugo Conrat (originally: Hugo Cohn, * 2. Juni 1845, Breslau; † 22. März 1906, Berlin), belonging to Brahms's inner circle in Vienna. The first translation of the texts was in fact from the hungarian nurse of the Conrat family.
History
The first eleven pieces of the cycle, which formed some well-connected story, were put to music by Brahms either in his Thun summer of 1887 or in winter 1887/88 straight-away during a stay in Budapest. Further four songs followed in 1891 and were published together with the song quartets Sehnsucht and Nächtens (text by Franz Theodor Kugler), which had no connection at all with the Zigeunerlieder, but nonetheless were put together to form Brahms's op. 112.
In Brahms’s total work the Zigeunerlieder can be seen - on the one hand - as als vocal counterpart of the hungarian dances and - on the other hand - as exotic counterpart to the Liebeslieder-Walzer op. 52 und 65.
The first public performance of the songs op. 103 was on 31 Oct. 1988 in Berlin, with great success, although the presentation of the opus in a concert hall presented some bad feelings to the composer, since Brahms had conceived his opus genuinely for soloist quartets, and had thought of performances at home. Nonetheless the songs are also suited for (small) choirs, particularly in connection with the voluminous sound of modern pianos. As a consequence, performances by choirs in concert are nowd the rule. CD-Einspielungen sind dagegen häufig in solistischer Besetzung zu finden.
Die Titel
Zigeunerlieder, op. 103
- He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten
- Hochgetürmte Rimaflut
- Wißt ihr, wann mein Kindchen
- Lieber Gott, du weißt
- Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze
- Röslein dreie in der Reihe
- Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn
- Horch, der Wind klagt in den Zweigen
- Weit und breit schaut niemand mich an
- Mond verhüllt sein Angesicht
- Rote Abendwolken ziehn
Vier Zigeunerlieder, op. 112
- Himmel strahlt so helle
- Rote Rosenknospen künden
- Brennessel steht an Weges Rand
- Liebe Schwalbe, kleine Schwalbe
Literatur
- Hans Gebhard (Hrsg.): Harenberg Chormusikführer. Harenberg, Dortmund 1999, ISBN 3-611-00817-6.
Weblinks
- Zigeunerlieder op. 103: Noten und Audiodateien im International Music Score Library Project
- 6 Quartette op. 112: Noten und Audiodateien im International Music Score Library Project
- Zigeunerlieder: MIDI/MP3-Format, mit Übungsdateien für Choristen
- Zigeunerlieder op. 103: Texte bei recmusic.org
- Vier Zigeunerlieder op. 112: Texte bei recmusic.org
Kategorie:Werk von Johannes Brahms Kategorie:Weltliches Chorwerk Kategorie:Liederzyklus Kategorie:Chorwerk aus dem 19. Jahrhundert Kategorie:Musik 1888
