Berceuse

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Berceuse (French) means lullaby . Mainly in the instrumental music of the 19th century , the berceuse developed into an independent form of music that is dreamy and calm in nature and therefore resembles the nocturne . This form of music has been implemented by composers such as Frédéric Chopin ( “ Berceuse ” ), Maurice Ravel (Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré), Claude Debussy (Berceuse héroïque), Isaac Albéniz , Ferruccio Busoni (Berceuse élégiaque) and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky .

But also the "real" lullabies, which were melodically simple and which were sung to the children before they fell asleep, found their way into instrumental music . Frédéric Chopin used the Polish lullaby Lulajże, Jezuniu , lulaj, że lulaj ('sleep, little Jesus, sleep') in the middle part of his scherzo (op. 20 in B minor ). The first theme of the 2nd movement of Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor (op. 23) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is also based on a (Russian) lullaby.

Written by Johannes Brahms comes one of the most famous German lullabies - Brahms' Lullaby to a text from the People Text collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn . Here an art song has become a real folk song.

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