Der Mondabend
Appearance
"Der Mondabend"(" The moonlit evening ") is a poem byJohann Gottfried Kumpf ,who published his poetry under the pseudonym Ermin inCarinthia ,a periodical he had founded in 1811.
In 1815Franz Schubertset "Der Mondabend" for voice and piano. It was first published in 1830 in Vienna, as No. 1 of Op. posth. 131. Later the song was known asD141. The other two songs of Op. 131 wereD 148(for tenor, men's choir and piano), and23(for voice and piano).[1][2]The only other poem by Kumpf that was set by Schubert was "Mein Gruß an den Mai",D 305.[3]
"Der Mondabend",WAB 200, is a reminiscence – in the samekey(A major),meter(3
4) and first fournotes– of Schubert's "Der Mondabend", thatAnton Brucknercomposed for Aloisia Bognerc. 1850.[4]
References
[edit]- ^Otto Erich Deutschin collaboration with Donald R. Wakeling.Schubert: Thematic Catalogue of all his Works in Chronological Order.London: Dent – New York: W. W. Norton, 1951,p. 67
- ^Otto Erich Deutsch, with revisions byWerner Aderholdand others.Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge(New Schubert Edition Series VIII Supplement, Volume 4). Kassel:Bärenreiter,1978.ISMN9790006305148 –ISBN9783761805718,pp. 98–99
- ^Shirlee Emmons and Wilbur Watkins Lewis.Researching the Song: A Lexicon.Oxford University Press,2005.ISBN9780198034698,p. 266
- ^Uwe Harten,Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch.Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1996.ISBN3-7017-1030-9,p. 42–43
External links
[edit]- "Der Mondabend"Archived2015-12-23 at theWayback Machineatwww
.schubertlied .de - "Der Mondabend",text and translations atThe LiederNet Archivewebsite
- "Der Mondabend", D. 141 (Schubert):Scores at theInternational Music Score Library Project