Hans Pfitzner :: Frauenchöre von Robert Schumann (Female choruses by Robert Schumann)


 

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Pfitzner, Hans
1869-1949
(b Moscow, 5 May 1869; d Salzburg, 22 May 1949). German
Frauenchöre von Robert Schumann (Female choruses by Robert
Schumann)
chorus SSAA
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Pfitzner's compilation of 8 females choruses by Schumann arranged & formed into a whole, continuous work with added orchestral accompaniment & newly composed transitions.
Two passages for 8 soloists [SSSSAAAA] taken from chorus.
Tbns & tuba in mvts 7 & 8 only.
Listed by Universal under Schumann.

Source of text: Kerner (mvts 1 & 6), Eichendorff (mvts 2 & 7), Uhland (mvt 3), Mörike (mvt 4), Des Knaben Wunderhorn (mvt 5), Rückert (mvt 8). Language: German
1. Klosterfräulein (The Young Nun), op.69, no.3
2. Waldmädchen (Forest Girl), op.69, no.2
3. Die Capelle (The Chapel), op.69, no.6
4. Soldatenbraut (Soldier's Bride), op.69, no.4
5. Jäger Wohlgemuth (The Hunter's Good Spirits), op.
91, no.2
6. Der Wassermann (The Water-sprite), op.91, no.3
7. Meerfey (Mermaid), op. 69, no.5
8. Spruch (Adage), op.114, no.3