Franz Schubert
Mehrstimmige Gesänge mit Orchesterbegleitung
Franz Schubert
Mehrstimmige Gesänge mit Orchesterbegleitung
- Instrumentation Soloists, Mixed Choir and Orchestra
- Composer Franz Schubert
- Series Franz Schubert, Neue Ausgabe s
- Editor Vasiliki Papadopoulou Michael Kube
- Edition Score (Urtext)
- Publisher Bärenreiter Verlag
- Order no. BA5575-01
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Description:
Volume III/1 of the "New Schubert Edition" presents Franz Schubert's polyphonic songs with orchestra or instrumental ensemble. The instrumentation of the nine compositions is diverse and ranges from male voices with low strings in the "Song of the Spirits over the Waters" (D 714) or male voices with four horns in the "Night Song in the Forest" (D 913) to larger-scale occasional works with woodwinds, horns, trombones, timpani, voices and strings, as in the Spendou Cantata (D 472). The fragmentary draft of the "Song of the Spirits over the Waters" is reproduced in the appendix.
Particularly noteworthy is the differentiated editorial treatment of the individual works, which takes into account the heterogeneous source situation. Based on Schubert's autograph of the "Song of the Spirits over the Waters", which has extensive cuts, new insights could be gained, which led to a reassessment and revised edition of the composition in two versions. The remarks in the "Sources and Readings" provide insights into the revision process as well as explanations of passages that have been misinterpreted so far.
The preface also sheds light on the contexts in which the works were created and provides information on the instrumentation, premieres and other early performances, as well as text authors. For example, references to the unknown author of the text to the cantata "Wer ist groß?" (D 110), which contrasts Napoleon Bonaparte with the Austrian Emperor Franz I, or a document by Schubert's friend Josef Wilhelm Witteczek on the lost cantata "Prometheus" (D 451), in which the previously only summarily known parts of the work are listed individually together with text incipits.
Particularly noteworthy is the differentiated editorial treatment of the individual works, which takes into account the heterogeneous source situation. Based on Schubert's autograph of the "Song of the Spirits over the Waters", which has extensive cuts, new insights could be gained, which led to a reassessment and revised edition of the composition in two versions. The remarks in the "Sources and Readings" provide insights into the revision process as well as explanations of passages that have been misinterpreted so far.
The preface also sheds light on the contexts in which the works were created and provides information on the instrumentation, premieres and other early performances, as well as text authors. For example, references to the unknown author of the text to the cantata "Wer ist groß?" (D 110), which contrasts Napoleon Bonaparte with the Austrian Emperor Franz I, or a document by Schubert's friend Josef Wilhelm Witteczek on the lost cantata "Prometheus" (D 451), in which the previously only summarily known parts of the work are listed individually together with text incipits.