Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

Vier Orchesterlieder op. 22 (1913 -1916)

for medium voice and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1913 - 1916
    • Duration: 13 mn about
    • Publisher: Universal Edition, nº UE 6060
    • Opus: 22
    • Dedication: "Meinem lieben Freunde Anton von Webern"
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Ernest Dowson, Rainer Maria Rilke: Le Livre des heures et Le Livre des images

Detailed formation
  • soloist: 1 solo mezzo-soprano
  • 5 flutes, 5 oboes, 6 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 1 trumpet, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 timpani, 1 percussionist, 1 harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 21 February 1932
    Location:

    Francfort


    Performers:

    Hertha Reinecke, orchestre, direction : Hans Rosbaud.

Table of contents

  1. Seraphita, Ernest Dowson, traduit en allemand par Stefan George, 1913 ;
  2. Alle, welche dich suchen, Rainer Maria Rilke, 1914 ;
  3. Mach mich zum Wächter deiner Weiten, Rainer Maria Rilke, 1914–1915 ;
  4. Vorgefühl, Rainer Maria Rilke, 1916.