Johannes Brahms
Gesang aus Fingal op. 17b
Urtext der neuen Brahms-Gesamtausgabe
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Johannes Brahms
Gesang aus Fingal op. 17b
Urtext der neuen Brahms-Gesamtausgabe
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB) and Orchestra
- Composer Johannes Brahms
- Editor Jakob Hauschildt
- Edition Piano Reduction (Urtext)
- Publisher Breitkopf & Härtel KG
- Order no. EB16111
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The "Gesang aus Fingal" op. 17b for mixed choir and orchestra is an arrangement of the fourth movement from the Vier Gesänge für Frauenchor, Hörnern und Harfe op. 17, which Brahms composed at the instigation of Ferdinand Hiller in 1879. He was persuaded that the original scoring was not sufficient for large halls such as the Gürzenich in Cologne, whose orchestra Hiller conducted. He therefore moved the soprano II to the alto and the alto to the tenor part, while the bass followed the instrumental model. He also transposed the movement down a third. The work was premiered in this version on March 18, 1879 to great acclaim. Hiller's successor Franz Wüllner performed it again in 1887 and tried to convince Brahms to print it. However, Brahms reacted cautiously, so that the orchestral version remained unnoticed in the archive of the Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra until it was rediscovered by Jakob Hauschildt in 2024 as part of the work on the new Brahms Complete Edition and published in 2025. This practical edition, which is based on the complete edition, makes the orchestral version accessible for performances for the first time.