Paul Hindemith :: When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd (Als Flieder jüngst mir im Garten blüht)


 

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Hindemith, Paul
1895-1963
(b Hanau, nr Frankfurt, 16 Nov 1895; d Frankfurt, 28 Dec 1963). German; US citizenship 1945.
When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd (Als Flieder
jüngst mir im Garten blüht) <1946>
mezzo-soprano, baritone solos chorus
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Source of text: Walt Whitman; German translation by Hindemith. Language: English
Prelude
1. "When Lilacs"
2. Arioso—"In the Swamp"
3. March—"Over the Breast of the Spring"
4. "O Western Orb" (O Westgestirn)
5. Arioso—"Sing On, There in the Swamp"
6. Song—"O How Shall I Warble"
7. Introduction & Fugue—"Lo! Body and Soul!"
8. "Sing On! You Gray-brown Bird"
9. Death Carol—"Come Lovely and Soothing Death"
10. "To the Tally of My Soul"
11. Finale—"Passing the Visions" (Schwinden die
Bilder)