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Beethoven: Urtext, An die ferne Geliebte.(Book review)
Beethoven: Urtext, An die ferne Geliebte fur Singstimme und Klavier, Op. 98 (To the Distant Beloved, Op. 98) for Voice and Piano, Original Version for High Voice, G. Henle Verlag, 579, edited by Helga Luhning. G. Henle USA, Inc. (www.henle.de/index.cfm?lang=en&coun try=us), 200. 18 pp. $29.95.
Beethoven's late period of composition was affected by extreme personal turmoil and shifting stylistic trends in music composition. After 1812, there is a noticeable lack of compositional activity by Beethoven, particularly of prominent works, and often an attraction to folk-like melody and a more sincere, direct musical communication. His song cycle, An die ferne Geliebte, dated "1816 im Monath April," reflects this simpler approach, both in his choice of poetry and the strophic musical renditions.
An die ferne Geliebte is a setting of six poems by Aloys Jeitteles, who was studying medicine in Vienna in 1816. With the central themes of the poetry being Sehnsucht (yearning) and ferne Geliebte (distant beloved), the cycle has been associated by some writers with Beethoven's mysterious 1812 letter to the "Immortal Beloved." Perhaps Jeitteles' lyrics revived those emotions in Beethoven. At any rate, Beethoven felt strongly ...
- An die ferne Geliebte
- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE January 1, 1996 700+ words
An die ferne Geliebte ( To the Distant Beloved ). Song-cycle by Beethoven, with pf. acc. (Op.98, 1816), of 6 poems by Alois Jeitteles. Not to be confused with Beethoven's songs An die fernen Geliebten (1809, words...
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...Rhapsodies by Bela Bartok; and Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 7...Playland" by Ivor Gurney; and Beethoven' s "An die ferne Geliebte" or "To the Beloved Afar...2201.) But the really big Beethoven event comes Saturday at 8...
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- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) February 1, 1996 700+ words
...than bringing just the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas to a desert...s Day recital including Beethoven's cycle of love songs ``An die ferne Geliebte'' (On the Faraway Beloved...I find audiences know Beethoven's symphonies or some...
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- Magazine article from: Opera Canada September 22, 1998 700+ words
...Heppner begins with Beethoven's Adelaide, sung...effortless grace. Beethoven, indeed, is one of...composers. The cycle An die ferne Geliebte, with its haunting...accomplishment to make Beethoven sound both classically...
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...s recital featured Beethoven's unique song cycle ``An die ferne Geliebte'' (On the Distant...Day, and a set of Beethoven songs using texts by...the cycle ``An die ferne Geliebte.'' Beethoven's only song cycle...
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...the later part of his life Beethoven suffered from several serious...carried out post-mortems on a Beethoven statue found in Bonn). These...a Duet by Paisiello. The Beethoven bibliography is gigantic...with his song-cycle An Die Ferne Geliebte (To the Distant Beloved...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Powers, Keith January 23, 2006 700+ words
...as a chamber musician in Beethoven's E-flat woodwind quintet...Levine teamed with Heppner for Beethoven's pastoral song cycle "And die ferne Geliebte." Heppner, fresh off a three-night run of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" with...
