8022e3fc-9e39-11f0-a418-0022482c9682
| ID | 8022e3fc-9e39-11f0-a418-0022482c9682 |
|---|---|
| Titlecode | 60820002 |
| Title Name | Wesendonck Lieder (Fuenf Gedichte fuer eine Frauenstimme), WWV 91 (low voice) |
| Marketing Copy | Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) collection of five songs titled Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme (Five Poems for a Female Voice), WWV 91, is more commonly known as Wesendonck Lieder after the source of the poems, Mathilde Wesendonck. Mathilde was the wife of Wagner's patron Otto Wesendonck, and there is some speculation that Wagner and Mathilde had a love affair that inspired the opera Tristan und Isolde (which are referenced in two of the songs, calling them "studies" for Tristan und Isolde), but the idea that these songs were also inspired by the same possible affair is given less attention. They were written originally for female voice and piano between 1857 and 1858, though Wagner did orchestrate No. 5, Träume, for chamber orchestra to be played at Mathilde's window for her birthday on December 23, 1857. The remaining songs were orchestrated in 1893 by the Wagner conductor Felix Mottl. While originally written for the female voice, tenors have also contributed their own interpretations starting in the 20th century. The five songs are: 1. Der Engel (The Angel); 2. Stehe still! (Be still!); 3. Im Treibhaus - Studie zu Tristan und Isolde (In the Greenhouse); 4. Schmerzen (Sorrows); 5. Träume - Studie zu Tristan und Isolde (Dreams). Versions for high and low voice are both available from the publisher. Original German and English translation included. Reprint edition. |
| Instrumentation | Voice and Piano |
| Commission | (not set) |
| Dedication | (not set) |
| Program Notes | add |
| Title Brand | 3 |
| Year Composed | 1857/1917 |
| Copyright Number | (not set) |
| Copyright Year | (not set) |
| Duration | 0 |
| Ensemble Size | 0 |
| Date Created | 2024-01-18 20:10:24.000000 |
| Date Updated | 2025-09-30 20:10:24 |
| Inhouse Note | (not set) |
| Bsc Code | MUS037110 |
| Text Author | Poems by Mathilde Wesendonck. English translation by John Bernhoff. |
| Premier Performance Memo | (not set) |
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| Title Category | 12 |
| Title Movements | 1. Der Engel (The Angel) 2. Stehe still! (Be still!) 3. Im Treibhaus - Studie zu Tristan und Isolde (In the Greenhouse) 4. Schmerzen (Sorrows) 5. Träume - Studie zu Tristan und Isolde (Dreams) |
| Title Grade | (not set) |
| Set Series ID | D37B7D46-FA20-4B09-48F0-08DB00B0FAFD |
| Title Instrument Category Text | Low Voice |
| Title Sub Category Text | (not set) |
| Title Sub Category | 99 |
| Title Instrument Header | 74 |
| Title Grade Text | (not set) |
| Clean Url | wesendonck-lieder-wwv-91-60820002 |