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 Score (Urtext)
- Publisher Breitkopf & Härtel KG
- Order no. PB16111
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The Song of Fingal, Op. 17b, for mixed choir and orchestra is an arrangement of the fourth movement from the Four Songs for Women’s Choir, horns, and harp, Op. 17, which Brahms composed in 1879 at the request of Ferdinand Hiller. He was convinced that the original instrumentation was insufficient for large concert halls such as Cologne’s Gürzenich, where Hiller conducted the orchestra. To address this, he shifted the second soprano part to the alto and the alto part to the tenor, while the bass part follows the instrumental original. In addition, he transposed the movement down a third. In this version, the work premiered on March 18, 1879, to great acclaim. Hiller’s successor, Franz Wüllner, performed it again in 1887 and tried to persuade Brahms to have it published. Brahms, however, reacted cautiously, so the orchestral version remained unnoticed in the archives 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, based on the Complete Works, thus makes the orchestral version available for performance for the first time.
Instrumentation: Choir: SATB - 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.0.0 - Hfe - Str
Binding: stapled
Instrumentation: Choir: SATB - 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.0.0 - Hfe - Str
Binding: stapled