Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Hymne an die Liebe, op. 71 (1921)

for soprano and orchestra
[Hymne à l'amour]

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1921
    • Duration: 10 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Texte de Hölderlin.

Detailed formation
  • soloist: soprano
  • 3 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, celesta, 2 harp, strings

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