C81712B2-73CE-4C73-8AC1-0598C77104C4

Update Delete

IDC81712B2-73CE-4C73-8AC1-0598C77104C4
TitlecodeM272991
Title NameLitanei, Op. 10, No. 3
Marketing CopyArnold Schönberg (1874-1951) composed his String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 in 1908 during a troubled time in his life. While the work includes the dedication "to my wife," his wife Mathilde was engaged in an affair with their friend, the artist Richard Gerstl. The work is unusual in that the third and fourth movements include a soprano soloist, singing a setting of poems by Stefan George. The third movement, Litanei (Litany), functions as a prayer, with the singer listing the ways that they have been worn down by their love for another and imploring at the end that their love be taken away from them so that they may be happy. This reduction for voice and piano was completed by Schönberg's friend Alban Berg in 1912. Reprint edition.
InstrumentationVoice and Piano
Commission(not set)
Dedication(not set)
Program Notesadd
Title Brand3
Year Composed1908/1912
Copyright Number(not set)
Copyright Year(not set)
Duration6
Ensemble Size2
Date Created2020-02-01 20:21:49.000000
Date Updated2025-09-30 20:21:49
Inhouse Note(not set)
Bsc CodeMUS037110
Text AuthorPoem by Stefan George
Premier Performance Memo(not set)
Recording Credits(not set)
Review(not set)
Awards(not set)
Title Category12
Title Movements(not set)
Title Grade(not set)
Set Series IDD37B7D46-FA20-4B09-48F0-08DB00B0FAFD
Title Instrument Category TextMedium Voice
Title Sub Category Text(not set)
Title Sub Category99
Title Instrument Header73
Title Grade Text(not set)
Clean Urllitanei-op-10-no-3-m272991