Song composed by Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms,Wiegenlied "Wiegenlied Lullaby "; "Cradle Song "),Op. 49, No. 4, is alied for voice and piano byJohannes Brahms which was first published in 1868. It is one of the composer's most famous pieces.
Brahms based the music of his "Wiegenlied" partially on "S'Is Anderscht", a duet byAlexander Baumann [de ] published in the 1840s.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] Wiegenlied counter-melody , a song she used to sing to him.[ 7] Simrock published Brahms's Op. 49 in November 1868.[ 6] Luise Dustmann (singer) andClara Schumann (piano).[ 6] [ 8]
The song has been described as deceptively simple.[ 3] [ 6]
The lyrics are fromDes Knaben Wunderhorn [ 7] [ 9]
Guten Abend, gut' Nacht,
Good evening, good night,
—First edition (1868) —Translation
Later,[when? Brahms adapted a second verse from an 1849 poem byGeorg Scherer [de ] :[ 5] [ 6] [ 3]
Guten Abend, gut' Nacht,
Good evening, good night.
—Georg Scherer (1849) —Translation
In 1877, Brahms based the second theme of the first movement of hisSecond Symphony on the lullaby's tune.[ 10] [ 11]
The "Wiegenlied [ 5]
In 1922, Australian pianist and composerPercy Grainger arranged the "Wiegenlied suspensions andarpeggiation , with the first statement of the melody placed in the tenor range of the keyboard. This last practice was a favorite one of Grainger.[ 12]
Cultural references [ edit ] A 1936biographical film of Brahms withAlbert Florath as the composer, took its title from the opening lines of this song,Guten Abend, gute Nacht .[ 13]
Wendy Cope 's poem "Brahms Cradle Song" refers to this song.[ 14]
Cultural interpretations [ edit ] In an article published in 2005, Karen Bottge analysed Brahms's "Wiegenlied" as an expression of the maternal voice, basing her reflections on writings by theorists such asFriedrich Kittler ,Michel Chion ,Gilles Deleuze ,Félix Guattari , andTheodor W. Adorno .[ 3]
Recordings include:
Recordings of Brahms's "Wiegenlied" Rec. Singer V. type Instr. I. type Cond. (arr.) Time Issuer Released 1915 Schumann-Heink, Ernestine contralto N.N. orchestra N.N. 2:06 Nimbus 1990-07[ 1] 1935-02-26 Schumann, Elisabeth soprano Reeves, George piano — 1:35 Naxos 2006-05[ 20] [ 21] 1937-03-11 N.N. orchestra Goehr, Walter 1:59 1941-05-23 Crosby, Bing vocals[ a] Trotter orchestra orchestra Trotter, John Scott 2:46 MCA 1993[ 22] 1954-06-16 Cole Trio jazz trio Cole, Buddy 1:27 1941-11-12 Lehmann, Lotte soprano Ulanowsky, Paul piano — 2:17 Eklipse 1993-07[ 23] 1943-12-12 SFS orchestra Monteux, Pierre 2:07 Eklipse 1993-07[ 24] 1947-12-22 N.N. orchestra Armbruster, Robert 2:43 Naxos 2007-11[ 25] [ 26] 1948-08-05 N.N. orchestra Ormandy, Eugene 3:12 Eklipse 1993-07[ 24] 1950-02-12 Walter, Bruno piano — 1:47 Eklipse 1995-09[ 27] 1944-12-03 Sinatra, Frank [ b] vocals 35 instrumentalists orchestra Stordahl, Axel 3:06 Columbia 1993-10-05 [ 28] 1953-02-03 Clooney, Rosemary vocals[ c] Faith orchestra orchestra Faith, Percy 2:43 Columbia 1953-02[ 29] [ 30] 1979-11 Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich baritone Barenboim, Daniel piano — 1:24 DG 1983[ 31] 2001-04 — Lane, Piers piano (Grainger, Percy ) 3:41 Hyperion 2002-06[ 32]
^a b Schumann-Heink: Prima voce atwww ^ Schmidt 1844 .^a b c d Bottge 2005 .^ Berry 2014 , pp. 63ff .^a b c Liebergen 2005 .^a b c d e Opus 49, Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier atBrahms-Institut (Lübeck) website.^a b Swafford 1999 , p. 338.^ McCorkle, Margit L. (1984).Johannes Brahms. Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis . Munich: Henle. p. 197.ISBN 3-87328-041-8 ^ Arnim 1808 , p. 68 .^ Taller 2017 .^ Dotsey, Calvin (22 October 2019)."Et in Arcadia ego: Brahms' Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 73" .Houston Symphony . Retrieved18 May 2023 . ^ Ould 2002 , p. 5.^ Guten Abend, gute Nacht IMDb ^ Family Values by Wendy Cope – review ,The Guardian ^ "Discogs.com" .Discogs.com . Retrieved22 June 2017 .^ "Elisabeth Schwarzkopf – Lieder & Songs 1955-1964" .ArkivMusic . Archived fromthe original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved20 February 2020 .^ "All Music Guide to Classical Music: The Definitive Guide to Classical Music" ^ "Discogs.com" .Discogs.com . Retrieved11 November 2019 .^ Brahms Lieder Gramophone ^ Forsling 2007 .^ Elisabeth Schumann: Lieder recordings (1930-1938) atwww ^a b Macfarlane 2020 .^ Lotte Lehmann: The Complete 1941 Radio Recital Cycle atwww ^a b Lotte Lehmann in Concert: 1943-1950 atwww ^ Forsling 2008 .^ Lotte Lehmann: Lieder Recordings, Vol. 6 – 1947 & 1949 atwww ^ Lotte Lehmann: The Town Hall Recitals atwww ^a b Albin 2018 .^a b Brahms' Lullaby (Close Your Eyes) by Rosemary Clooney; Percy Faith and his Orchestra; William Engvick; Brahms – Columbia atInternet Archive website.^ Crossland & Macfarlane 2013 , p. 192 .^ Track-Informationen BRAHMS EDITION V Lieder Download 449 6332: Details zu Künstler und Repertoire atDeutsche Grammophon website.^ Ould 2002 .Albin, Steve (21 November 2018)."Frank Sinatra Discography: The Columbia Years, 1942–1946" .www.jazzdiscography.com . Arnim, Achim von , ed. (1808)."Kinderlieder: Anhang zum Wunderhorn" [Children's songs: Appendix to theWunderhorn ].Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Alte deutsche Lieder The boy's magic horn: old German songs 1– 103.Berry, Paul (2014)."Ch. 1: Old Melodies, New Identities" .Brahms Among Friends: Listening, Performance, and the Rhetoric of Allusion OUP . pp. 41– 72.ISBN 9780199982646 Bottge, Karen (2005)."Brahms's "Wiegenlied" and the Maternal Voice" .19th-Century Music 28 (3):185– 213.doi :10.1525/ncm.2005.28.3.185 . Crossland, Ken; Macfarlane, Malcolm (2013)."Appendix A: Rosemary Clooney on Record" .Late Life Jazz: The Life and Career of Rosemary Clooney OUP . pp. 187– 220.ISBN 978-0-19-979857-5 Forsling, Göran (2007)."CD Review: Elisabeth Schumann – Lieder Recordings 1930–1938" .www.musicweb-international.com . Forsling, Göran (2008)."CD Review: Lotte Lehmann: Lieder Recordings, Vol. 6 – 1947 & 1949" .www.musicweb-international.com . Liebergen, Patrick M., ed. (2005)."Wiegenlied (Lullaby ): Johannes Brahms" .Singer's Library of Song: A Vocal Anthology of Masterworks and Folk Songs from the Medieval Era Through the Twentieth Century Alfred Music . pp. 48– 52.ISBN 978-0-7390-3659-4 Macfarlane, Malcolm, ed. (23 January 2020)."A Bing Crosby Discography – part 1b: Commercial Recordings – The Decca Years" .BING magazine . International Club Crosby. Ould, Barry Peter (2002).Percy Grainger: Rambles and Reflections Piers Lane (piano).Hyperion . CDA67279. Schmidt, August [in German] (14 May 1844)."Revue: im Stich erschienener Musikalien.Gebirgs-Bleameln , sechs Lieder in österreichischer Mundart für eine oder zwei Singstimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, nach National-Melodien gedichtet und herausgegeben von Alexander Baumann. II. Heft. (3. Werk.) Wien bei Anton Diabelli & Comp" [Review of engraved music publications:Gebirgs-Bleameln , six songs in Austrian dialect for one or two singing voices, with pianoforte accompaniment, written after national melodies and published by Alexander Baumann, 2nd volume (Op. 3). Vienna:Anton Diabelli & Co.].Allgemeine Wiener Musik-Zeitung [wikisource:de ] IV (58). Vienna: Mechetti:231– 232.Swafford, Jan (1999).Johannes Brahms: A Biography .Vintage Books .ISBN 978-0-679-74582-2 Taller, Ellen (2017)."Johannes Brahms: Eine Sinfonie aus der Sommerfrische" [Johannes Brahms: a symphony from summer freshness].www.sinfonia-engiadina.ch (in German).
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