Erik Meyer-Helmund

Erik Meyer-Helmund (born April 13, 1861 in Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire , † April 4, 1932 in Berlin ) was a European composer and singer .

Life

He received his first piano lessons from his father. He later went to Berlin and became a student of Friedrich Kiel and Julius Stockhausen . His most famous works were his operas "The Two Klingsberg" and "The Fight of Love". He also wrote a one-act burlesque entitled "Tischka", ballet music, instrumental music, numerous piano pieces and songs.

Selection of works

Operas

• Margitta
• The two Klingsberg
• The love fight
• Heine's dream images
• Tischka

Instrumental music

• Ballet music "The Mountain Spirit"
• Ballet music "Rübezahl"

Songs

• op. 1. No. 2. Why? (Text: Maximilian Bern), No. 3. A lot of dreams (Text: Robert Hamerling)
• op. 3. Four songs: No. 1. Dear little soul, let that question (Text: Hans von Hopfen), No. 2. It was an old king (Text: Heinrich Heine) No. 3. Never had it thought (text: Carl Siebel), No. 4. Serenade des Troubadour (text: Erik Meyer-Helmund)
• Op. 5. New singing of old stories, love songs from your own texts, No. 1. Slight loss, No. 2. In the folk tone, No. 3. Confession, No. 4. My darling, No. 5. You ask me every day
• op. 7. No. 1. Treason (Text: Alexander Kaufmann), No. 2. The abandoned girl (Text: Eduard Mörike), No. 3. A small oversight (Text: Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm)
• op. 8. Spielmannslieder by Rudolf Baumbach: No. 1. Oh how cool, No. 2. The spinner in the moon, No. 3. Star service, No. 4. The oath, No. 5. The last jug
• op. 9. 1. I want to rest at your feet (Text: Otto Roquette), No. 2. Sanct Florian hilf (Text: Rudolph Baumbach), No. 3. In the foreign (Text: Rudolph Baumbach), No. 4 . Lure [?]
• op. 11. Four songs, No. 1. Hannchan at the pastor's (Text: Peter Rosegger) No. 2. At the Way of the Cross (Text: Heinrich Heine), No. 3. Up there in the dark forest (Text: Erik Meyer-Helmund) , No. 4. Girl's Song (Text: Erik Meyer-Helmund)
• op. 12. No. 1 With the sweet scent of lilacs (Text: Erik Meyer-Helmund), No. 2. I remember you, Margaretha (Text: Joseph Viktor von Scheffel), No. 3. It wasn't meant to be (Text: Joseph Viktor von Scheffel), No. 4. Spring is awakening! (Text: Rudolph Baumbach)
• op. 15. No. 1. Neig 'beautiful bud (Text: Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt after Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh) No. 2. You are the most beautiful! (Text: Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn), No. 3. Lullaby (Text: Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Gerstäcker)
• op. 16. No. 1. Warning (Text: Erik Meyer-Helmund), No. 2. The little window (Text: Erik Meyer-Helmund), No. 3. Spielmannstrost (Text: Erik Meyer-Helmund)
• Op. 17. No. 1. Last wish (Text: Wilhelm Hertz), No. 2. When the bird wants to snack (Text: Rudolph Baumbach),
• op. 18. Three songs by Albert Träger, No. 1. A spring dream, No. 2. Your smile, No. 3. Morning serenade
• op. 19., No. 1. Das Echo (Text: Ignaz Franz Castelli), No. 2. Old German love rhyme (Text: Wernher von Tegernsee), No. 3. Guter Rath (Text: Paul Heyse)
• op. 20., No. 1. Am Barbaratag, No. 2. Marionetta (Text: Hans Schmidt) No. 3. Under the linden tree
• op. 21., No. 1. The Oracle, No. 2. The Magic Song (Text: Georg von Dyherrn), No. 3. Goodbye treasure! (Text: Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm)
• op. 22. No. 1. Nightingale, watch out! (Text: Hermann von Lingg), No. 2. Schatzlein and Kätzlein (Text: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben), No. 3. Love
• op. 23. No. 2. The kiss
• Op. 25. Three Songs, No. 2. Girl with a Red Mouth (Text: Heinrich Heine)
• op. 27. No. 1. The nightingale has it (text: Theodor Storm), No. 2. What drew me to you so powerfully (text: Maximilian Bern), No. 3. Thought of you
• op. 29. Three Songs, No. 1. The Message (Text: Heinrich Heine), No. 3. Please (Text: Nikolaus Lenau)
• op.31. Four songs, No. 3. Spring song (text: Theodor Storm), No. 4. Spring song (text: Heinrich Heine)
• op. 32. Two songs, No. 1. My dear, we sat together (Text: Heinrich Heine)
• op. 33. No. 2. How happy to be at your feet (Text: Moritz, Graf von Strachwitz)
• op. 36. No. 1. The Letter (Text: Theodor Storm), No. 2. Anxiety about the heart (Text: Otto Roquette)
• op. 49. No. 2. This is what the dark green leaves do (Text: Oscar von Redwitz-Schmölz)
• op. 58. No. 2. Who is right? (Text: Karl Immermann, but wrongly assigned, see Karl Leberecht Immermann, Briefe, Vol. III / 2, p. 1379)
• op. 61. Four songs, No. 1. Sunday (Text: Johann Ludwig Uhland), No. 2. In the morning I'll send you the violets (Text: Heinrich Heine)
• op. 71. Three songs, No. 3. I walk under flowers (Text: Heinrich Heine)
• op.73.No.2. Ball whispers (Text: Erik Meyer-Helmund)
• op. 81. Drei Lieder, Nr. 2. It is the warm spring night (text: Heinrich Heine)
• op. 82. Three Songs, No. 2. Sweet Awakening (Text: Heinrich Heine)
• op. 89. The beautiful waitress from Bacharach by Wilhelm Müller, No. 1. Das Röschen, No. 2. Going to church, No. 3. What is to blame ?, No. 4. Promised and broken, No. 5. The last guest
• op. 98. Three songs no. 2. Stars with golden feet (text: Heinrich Heine)
• op. 132. No. 1. My last greetings to you
• op.161. Foreboding of death (Text: Heinrich Heine)
• op. 169. The Doctrine (Text: Heinrich Heine)
• op. 173. In a dream I saw my beloved (Text: Heinrich Heine)

literature

• Masters of Achievement: The World's Greatest Leaders in Literature, Art, Religion, Philosophy, Science, Politics and Industry, Part Two 1917.

Web links

• The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
• Sheet music and audio files by Erik Meyer-Helmund in the International Music Score Library Project