{"id":4357,"date":"2024-02-15T12:58:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T12:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resonatamusic.com\/?post_type=product&p=4357"},"modified":"2024-02-15T13:01:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:01:17","slug":"schumann-vier-lieder-for-trombone-quartet-pdf-download","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/resonatamusic.com\/?product=schumann-vier-lieder-for-trombone-quartet-pdf-download","title":{"rendered":"Schumann – Vier Lieder for Trombone Quartet (PDF Download)"},"content":{"rendered":"

1840 is often referred to as Schumann\u2019s Liederjahr<\/i> (\u201cyear of song\u201d): having written almost exclusively for the piano in the previous decade, he composed 168 songs in that year alone. After a lengthy courtship Schumann finally married Clara Wieck in 1840, in a union opposed by her father, and perhaps this event led to his enormous outpouring in song. Whilst the most famous sets are for solo voice and piano, the Op. 33 Sechs Lieder<\/i> are for four-part male chorus, making them perfect in range and number of parts for trombone quartet.<\/p>\n

These part-songs were composed in February 1840, and Schumann wrote to Clara on February 22nd, \u201csince yesterday morning I have written about 24 pieces of music\u201d. It\u2019s perhaps no surprise then that the first song, a setting of a text by Julius Mosen, Der\u00a0tr\u00e4umende\u00a0See <\/i>(The Dreaming Lake), is not very substantial, really only consisting of two identical eight-bar phrases. As the set progresses, however, the songs grow in stature. No. 2, Die Minnes\u00e4nger <\/i>(The Minstrel), <\/i>is a hearty rondo-form (A-B-A-C-A-coda) setting of Heine\u2019s text which asserts that the \u201cword is mightier than the sword\u201d. A complete contrast follows in No. 3, Die Lotosblume<\/i> (The Lotus Flower), another Heine text. The lotus flower waits for nightfall to bloom: \u201cthe moon…awakens her with his glance\u201d, and the key changes in b. 13 from a warm D-flat major to the brighter mediant E major. The final song, Fr\u00fclingsglocken<\/i> (Bells of Spring, a text by Robert Reinick), is the longest of the set, and features three periods of spring: Schneegl\u00f6cken<\/i> (snow bells) ring in the first day of spring; Maigl\u00f6ckchen <\/i>(May bells), represent the wedding of Spring to Earth; and Blaugl\u00f6ckchen <\/i>(Blue bells) depict the funeral of Spring.<\/p>\n

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