Die Nachtigall

First line:

Bescheiden verborgen im buschigen Gang

composer

Johann Karl Unger (1771-1836)

author of text

Johann Karl Unger (1771-1836)

Recordings

Schubert: The Complete Songs

Graham Johnson (piano)

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Songs by Schubert's contemporaries

Graham Johnson (piano)

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Details

Susan Gritton (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Track 26 on CDJ33051/3 CD1 [2'15] 3CDs

Track 26 on CDS44201/40 CD38 [2'15] 40CDs Boxed set + book (at a special price)

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Die Nachtigall

In the same volume as Der Abend and Die Geselligkeit we find the florid manuscript (adorned with a very graphic bar of piano trills) of Die Nachtigall, the song by Unger that is recorded here. Schubert must have borrowed Unger’s book of songs to take down this poem (they are not published in book form). At some point in early 1821 he set it as a male-voice quartet (TTBB); this was published as part of Op 11 the next year, and it was one of the composer’s most popular pieces in his lifetime, receiving many public performances.

comparative Schubert listening:
Die Nachtigall D724. By April 1821

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