Klage an den Mond

First line:

Dein Silber schien

composer

Sigismund Neukomm (1778-1858)

author of text

Ludwig Hölty (1748-1776)

Recordings

Schubert: The Complete Songs

Graham Johnson (piano)

Buy by post £180.00 CDS44201/40 40CDs Boxed set + book (at a special price)

Songs by Schubert's contemporaries

Graham Johnson (piano)

Buy by post £34.98 CDJ33051/3 3CDs

Details

Stella Doufexis (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Track 15 on CDJ33051/3 CD2 [2'17] 3CDs

Track 15 on CDS44201/40 CD39 [2'17] 40CDs Boxed set + book (at a special price)

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Klage an den Mond

This song is from from the Sechs Gesänge, Op 10, probably written and published between 1808 and 1809 when the frenetically active composer returned to Vienna from St Petersburg to make daily visits to his dying master Haydn. In the naturalness of his musical invention there is neither rigidity, nor any sign of the formulae of the Berlin school; we sense a freedom to use coloratura, melisma and sequences where appropriate (thus an awareness of the possibilities of the Italian style, as we find in Schubert) as well as a touching melodic gift. In short, this is very sophisticated song-composing for its time.

comparative Schubert listening:
Klage an den Mond D436. 12 May 1816

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