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Robert Alexander Schumann
1810 - 1856
Germany
Robert Schumann (08/10/1810 - 29/07/1856), a German composer, conductor and husband of piano vituosa Clara Wieck (13/09/1819 - 20/05/1896). He was born in Zwickau, died in Endenich (Bonn).
Requiem für Mignon
Requiem für Mignon contains:
01. Wen bringt ihr uns zu stillen Gessellschaft? 02. Ach! Wie ungern brachten wir ihn her! 03. Seht die machtigen Fleugel doch an! 04. In euch lebe die bildende Kraft 05. Kinder, kehret in's Leben zuruck! 06. Kinder, eilet in's Leben hinan! ♫ 01. Wen bringt ihr uns zu stillen Gessellschaft? © RCA Records RD 69001 ♫ 02. Ach! Wie ungern brachten wir ihn her! © RCA Records RD 69001 ♫ 03. Seht die machtigen Fleugel doch an! © RCA Records RD 69001 ♫ 04. In euch lebe die bildende Kraft © RCA Records RD 69001 ♫ 05. Kinder, kehret in's Leben zuruck! © RCA Records RD 69001 ♫ 06. Kinder, eilet in's Leben hinan! © RCA Records RD 69001
Requiem (opus 98b) for soloists, chorus & orchestra. Text from Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832). Composed in 1849, first perfomed in 1850, published in 1851.
Requiem
Sechs Gedichte and Requiem (1850) opus 90. Poems by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), an Hungarian-German poet. Six poems and an additional seventh, the latter, 24 lines, with the title Requiem, opus 90b, subtitled "Altkatholisches Gedicht" (Old-Catholic poem).
♫ Requiem © ATMA ACD2 2571 Requiem
Ruh' von schmerzensreichen Mühen Aus und heißem Liebesglühen! Der nach seligem Verein Trug Verlangen, Ist gegangen Zu des Heilands Wohnung ein. Dem Gerechten leuchten helle Sterne in des Grabes Zelle, Ihm, der selbst als Stern der Nacht Wird erscheinen, Wenn er seinen Herrn erschaut im Himmelspracht. Seid Fürsprecher, heil'ge Seelen! Heil'ger Geist, laß Trost nicht fehlen. Hörst du? Jubelsang erklingt, Feiertöne, Darein die schöne Engelsharfe singt: Ruh' von schmerzenreichen Mühen Aus und heißem Liebesglühen! Der nach seligem Verein Trug Verlangen Ist gegangen Zu des Heilands Wohnung ein.
Manfred
Manfred (1849/50), a Melodrama (opus 115) for orchestra, choir, soli and speakers. Based on dramatic poem Manfred by Lord Byron (1788-1824). D. Steinbeck adapted an abridged version of G. Suckov's translation. Although Byron's poem ends with "Manfred expires" , Schumann added on his own a closing scene with a cloister's choir intoning the Requiem. Composed apparently in 1849/50. First "staged" in 1852 (by Liszt).
Dies irae
Szenen aus Goethes Faust (Oratorio with orchestra, choir, soli) No opus-number. The fourth episode of Part One is the setting of the scene of Gretchen in the Cathedral. This includes in Goethe's text the Dies irae sung by the choir - and set here by Schumann. This section was probably composed during 1849/50. The whole oratorio was finished by 1853, but performed only in 1862 after Schumann's death.
Requiem in D flat minor
Requiem opus148 (1852) for orchestra, choir, soli. A "classical" Latin requiem mass, composed in 1852. Op.148 is the highest number in the Schumann catalogue. He is supposed to have said : "one composes a requiem for himself". However, the work sank into oblivion, it was first performed and recorded in 1976.
Requiem D Flat Major, Op. 148 contains:
01. Requiem Aeternam (3:51) 02. Te Decet Hymnus (4:42) 03. Dies Irae (2:27) 04. Liber Scriptus Proferetur (5:10) 05. Qui Mariam Absolvisti (4:45) 06. Domine Jesu Christe (2:38) 07. Hostias (1:42) 08. Sanctus (3:21) 09. Benedictus - Agnus Dei (6:13) ♫ 01. Requiem Aeternam © RCA Records RD 69001 ♫ 02. Te Decet Hymnus © RCA Records RD 69001 ♫ 03. Dies Irae © RCA Records RD 69001 ♫ 04. Liber Scriptus Proferetur © RCA Records RD 69001 ♫ 05. Qui Mariam Absolvisti © RCA Records RD 69001 ♫ 06. Domine Jesu Christe © RCA Records RD 69001 ♫ 07. Hostias © RCA Records RD 69001 ♫ 08. Sanctus © RCA Records RD 69001 ♫ 09. Benedictus - Agnus Dei © RCA Records RD 69001 After the mid-19th century many important settings, including those of Schumann (1851), Moniuszko (1862), Saint-Saëns (1878) and Dvorák (1891), were conceived more in terms of the concert hall, inclining, by their grand scale and, in some cases, textual liberties, towards the oratorio, the most favoured sacred genre of the 19th century.
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