Spanish songbook dietrich fischerdieskau, elisabeth schwarzkopf, gerald moore on allmusic 1998 one of the greatest lieder recordings ever. He used the song forms that had been made by schubert and schumann, but his harmonies bring something very new and personal to german song. They were composed between october 1889 and april 1890, and published in 1891. Wolf spanish and italian songbooks february 6, 2014 by a. The method is hunting over bait and the shooting distance is 100150 yards. The liedernet archive is the worlds largest reference archive of texts and translations of art songs and choral works we have been online since may 24, 1995 158,072 vocal pieces have been catalogued. Hilary finch recommends a version from recordings of wolfs spanish song book. Richard wagner and gustav mahler both wrote wonderful lieder, although they are mostly with orchestral accompaniment.
New literal prose translations of the lyrics provided, with lists of song titles and openings, and glossary of german musical terms. The spanisches liederbuch of emanuel geibel and paul. He is also the author of the real shakespeare and editor of shakespeares edward iii, published by yale university press. Two celebrated collections of lieder by great 19thcentury master of the genre. Hugo filipp jakob wolf was born on march 1860, the fourth of six. Igor stravinsky two spiritual songs from the spanish. After another summer break, he returned to writing and april 1890 saw him complete his 44 spanish songs. Hugo wolf born windischgraz now slovenj gradec, slovenia march, 1860.
The spanisches liederbuch of emanuel geibel and paul heyse and its. By june 1890, this creative period of two and a half years had produced a total of 174. In german, the word lied pronounced leed means song. Hugo wolf spanisches liederbuch book of spanish lyrics band i edition peters, i. Spanish songbook spanisches liederbuch settings of old spanish poems in german translatinos by paul heyse and emanuel geibel from their spanisches liederbuch spiritual songs geistliche lieder 1. This is especially welcome in the nine selections from wolfs italian songbook, where correct intonation is crucial. Learn how to say wolf in spanish with audio of a native spanish speaker. This wonderful edition contains two of hugo wolfs most celebrated song collections. His italian song book and spanish song book have some of his best songs.
This section of the spanish songbook contains some of his greatest. Wolf wrote two large sets of lieder based on nationalistic themes in the last decade of the 19th century. Worldcat identifies the peters edition, probably published ca. Hugo wolf, elisabeth schwarzkopf, dietrich fischerdieskau. Spanisches liederbuch, nach heyse details allmusic. Hugo wolf spanisches liederbuch book of spanish lyrics band i. The book of lieder, edited by richard stokes and with a foreword by ian bostridge, is an invaluable collection of over a thousand classic lieder, in parallel german and english text. Focusing on the music of the great song composersschubert, schumann, brahms, wolf, and strausspoetry into song offers a systematic introduction to the performance and analysis of lieder. The italienishes liederbuch comprises 46 songs set to paul heyses polished translations of anonymonous italian poems dating. Hugo wolf 1860 1903 vocal texts and translations at. Spanish word for wolf, including example sentences in both english and spanish. Shop and buy spanish and italian songbook sheet music.
Hugo wolf spanisches liederbuch spanish songbook vinyl. Hugo wolf spanisches liederbuch book of spanish lyrics band i edition peters, i on. Some of wolfs songs are very short, he says a lot in a short space of time. The iberian wolf canis lupus signatus also known as spanish wolf, is a proposed subspecies of grey wolf that inhabits the northwest of the iberian peninsula, which includes northern portugal and northwestern spain. It is home to 2,2002,700 wolves which have been isolated from mixing with other wolf populations for over a century. This unique volume contains, in parallel translation, a thousand of the most frequently performed lieder, both pianoaccompanied and orchestral. I am an adorer of the music of hugo wolf his songs are, for me, far more appealing personally than the songs of any other lieder composer. No classical music discussion is complete without the lieder. Richard wigmore recommends recordings of wolfss fifty or so. The lieder recorded here are among the best ever written, and the performances are excellent.
The exacting art of lieder singing the new york times. For the set of lieder by hugo wolf, see spanisches liederbuch wolf. Arrangement for voice and strings stefania pietropaolo orchestra filarmonica giovanile genova cond fabio macelloni live, dec. Hugo wolf simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Spanish and italian songbooks by hugo wolf, paperback. Texts to over 152000 lieder and other classical vocal works in more than a hundred languages with over 32000 translations. The entire set was composed in perchtoldsdorf and published in mainz in 1891. Make sure to book ahead of time if you want to hunt the spanish wolf. Spanish songbook is a collection of translations of spanish. Synopsis this unique volume contains, in parallel translation, a thousand of the most frequently performed lieder, both pianoaccompanied and orchestral. Wolfs way of working was to focus on one poet at a time to the exclusion of others. Hugo wolf biography wikipedia hugo philipp jacob wolf march 1860 22 february 1903 was an austrian composer of slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or lieder.
If you like art songs, you will not be disappointed by this cd. Hugo wolf, dietrich fischerdieskau, elisabeth schwarzkopf, gerald moore wolf. The words are translations into german by emanuel geibel 181584 and paul heyse 18301914 of spanish and portuguese poems and folk songs, published in a collection of 1852. Spanish poems, and only a few of the spanish authors were identified, making this act of poetic license a little easier to pass off as authentic spanish poetry.
Sturdily bound, clearly reproduced collection of some of the finest lieder ever composed. Susan youens in the virtual cottage industry of recent works on findesicle vienna, hugo wolf 18601903 has been somewhat neglected, perhaps because he was the master of a small genrethe late romantic. The spanish songbook takes a set of translations, by emanuel giebel and paul heyse, of 16th and 17th century spanish folkpoetry. Hugo wolf spanisches liederbuch book of spanish lyrics. Mendelssohns lieder ohne worte is book 6 of 8 that provides an essential snapshot of the supremecy of melody and the romantic eras preoccupation with poetry. Composers are arranged alphabetically, with their songs appearing under poet in chronological order of composition thus allowing the reader to engage in depth with a particular poet and at the same time to follow the composers development. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late romantic music, somewhat related to that of the second viennese school in concision but diverging greatly in technique. Pdf the book of lieder download full pdf book download. Both are arranged in a loosely theatrical manner, especially the italian songbook which, when performed in a chamber music society program two seasons ago, almost had the feel of an operetta. Austrian composer wolfs splendid settings of 53 poems by the german poet eduard morike. Spanish songbook song cycle by austrian composer hugo wolf, based on both sacred and secular verses. Apparently half of this collection dates from 1891, the ca. They form the largest wolf population in western europe.
Eric sams is a world authority on lieder and the author of numerous works of musicology, including the songs of robert schumann and the songs of hugo wolf. Hugo wolf began working on the spanisches liederbuch on october 28, 1889, with his setting of the anonymous poem, wer sein holdes lieb verloren. In the 1800s especially, lieder came to great prominence, particularly in private salon concerts. Lied simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It will yield hours of quiet satisfaction in getting to know wonderful songs so intelligently and beautifully interpreted.
In classicalmusic discussions, salon doesnt refer to hairstyling emporiums. Hugo philipp jacob wolf march 1860 22 february 1903 was an austrian composer of slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or lieder. Spanish and italian songbook by hugo wolf 18601903. It can only be hunted north from madrid and very few tags are available per year. Spanish songbook dietrich fischerdieskau, elisabeth schwarzkopf, gerald moore on allmusic 1998. Mendelssohnwolf chamber series year iv emmanuel music. The italienisches liederbuch comprises 46 songs, set to anonymous italian poems dating to 16th century and earlier.
This song was recorded live at the oxford lieder festival as part of hugo wolf. Spanish words for wolf include lobo, comer vorazmente, lobuna and loba. Hugos spanish songbook is a superb collection of german lieder. In this superb mediumprice reissue, each of this album is devoted to one of wolfs spanish volumes, with the sacred songs. German poetry collections 1852 books poetry collection stubs. The spanisches liederbuch was published in 1891 for the words to his song cycle, wolf selected from a collection of spanish poems that had been translated into german 1852 by paul heyse and emanuel geibel. With great interest and boundless passion for the spanish arts, he sought to find good translations of spanish poetry to set. Learn more in the cambridge englishspanish dictionary. Spanish songbook is a collection of 44 lieder songs for voice and piano by hugo wolf 18601903. While hugo wolf s fame rests on his lieder he himself hankered after success in larger musical forms, and indeed had one complete, and one unfinished, opera to his name. The spanisches liederbuch contains 44 songs, mostly religious or erotic.
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