Michael Neff, Franz Schubert
Withered Flowers - Eyes Filled with Tears
for String Quartet
Michael Neff, Franz Schubert
Withered Flowers - Eyes Filled with Tears
for String Quartet
- Instrumentation String Quartet
- Edition Score and Parts
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Difficulty Level
- Composer Michael Neff Franz Schubert
- Publisher Editions Marc Reift
- Order no. EMR100324
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Description:
With "Trockne Blumen / Feuchte Augen," the string quartet presents an extraordinary symbiotic blend of sounds that profoundly connects two musical worlds and eras. The foundation is the poignant song "Trockne Blumen" from Franz Schubert’s famous song cycle "Die schöne Müllerin" (D 795). In it, Schubert sings of the withering of love and the ultimate retreat into death—highly emotional, melancholic music deeply rooted in classical literature. This Romantic motif is refracted and mirrored in its contemporary counterpart: the intimate jazz ballad "Feuchte Augen" by the Eastern Swiss composer Michael Neff. What at first glance appears to be a stylistic contrast reveals itself, in the string quartet arrangement, as an organic unity. The four string instruments seamlessly weave together Schubert’s melancholic lines and the gentle, richly colored harmonies of modern jazz. The result is an intimate, dynamic dialogue. The quartet draws on the full sonic palette—from delicate fragility to expressive density—to convey the emotional state implied by both titles: crying in secret, grief, and quiet hope. An arrangement that demonstrates that the musical expression of heartbreak is timeless.
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