Gurre songs

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Ruins of Gurre Castle in 2007

Performance of Gurre-Lieder at the Graz Opera House in 2013

The Gurre-Lieder are an oratorio for five soloists, speakers, choir and large orchestra by Arnold Schönberg . The work was composed between 1900 and 1903 and 1910 and was premiered on February 23, 1913 in Vienna .

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The text poem comes from the Danish writer Jens Peter Jacobsen , it was translated into German by Robert Franz Arnold . The title Gurre-Lieder refers to Gurre Castle , a ruined castle in North Zealand in Denmark. It is the location of the medieval love tragedy in Jacobsen's poems around the Danish legend of King Valdemar Atterdag's love for his lover Tove and her murder, which was carried out by his Queen Helvig.

structure

The work is divided into three parts.

Part 1

Orchestral prelude

1. Now the dawn is dampening (Waldemar)
2. O when the moon's rays (Tove)
3. Horse! My steed! What are you sneaking about! (Waldemar)
4. Stars cheer, the sea, it shines (Tove)
5. So the angels do not dance before God's throne (Waldemar)
6. Now I tell you for the first time (Tove)
7. It's midnight time (Waldemar)
8. You send me a love look (Tove)
9. You whimsical Tove! (Waldemar) orchestral interlude
10. Pigeons of Gurre! (Voice of the wood pigeon)

Part 2

1. Lord God do you know what you did (Waldemar)

part 3

1. Awake, worthy of King Waldemar's men! (Waldemar)
2. Lid of the coffin rattles and folds (farmer)
3. Greetings, O King, at Gurre Beach! (Waldemar's men)
4. The forest whispers in Tove's voice (Waldemar)
5. A strange bird is such an eel (Klaus-Fool)
6. You strict judge above (Waldemar)
7. The rooster raises its head to the wire (Waldemars Mannen) The summer wind's wild hunt - orchestral prelude
8. Mr. Gänsefuß, Mrs. Gänsekraut (speaker)
9. See the sun colorful on the edge of the sky (mixed choir)

literature

• Alban Berg , A. Schönberg - Gurre-Lieder Führer (large edition), Vienna [1913]
• Giselher Schubert , Schönberg's early instrumentation. Studies on the Gurrelieder, on Op. 5 and Op. 8 , Valentin Koerner Verlag, Baden-Baden 1975 (Collection d'études musicologiques 59), ISBN 3-87320-559-9
• Hans-Klaus Jungheinrich , Against God and without Christ. Arnold Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder , in: Musica . Bimonthly publication for all areas of musical life , Volume 47, 1993, Issue 3, pages 185–186
• Ulrich Krämer (Ed.), Arnold Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder for soli, choir and orchestra. Study score (with a text by Jens Peter Jacobsen). Universal Edition , Vienna a. a.
• Jan Maegaard, Gurrelieder , in: Arnold Schönberg, Interpretation of his works , ed. by Gerold Gruber , Laaber: Laaber-Verlag 2002, pp. 232-252
• Werner Oehlmann , Alexander Wagner: Reclams choral music and oratorio guide. 8th, through Ed. Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010550-1
• Ulrich Tadday (Ed.), Arnold Schönberg. Music Concepts 112/113. Edition text + kritik , Munich 2001, ISBN 3-88377-660-2
• Agnes Grond: Gurre-Lieder for solos, choir and orchestra (1900–03 / 11) , Arnold Schönberg Center Vienna 2009
• Ulrich Krämer, Idea - Art - Religion: Schönberg's "Gurre-Lieder" as Weltanschauungsmusik , in: Die Tonkunst , Volume 4, 2010, Issue 4, pages 522-534
• Peter W. Schatt, Nature and Art as a Mirror of the Soul. On the relationship between composition and poetry in Arnold Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder , Norderstedt: GRIN Verlag 2014

Discography

• Jeanette Vreeland; Rose Bampton , Paul Althouse, Abrasha Robovsky; Benjamin De Loache - Leopold Stokowski - Philadelphia Orchestra, 1932
• Ferry Gruber, Morris Gesell, Richard Lewis, Nell Tangeman, John Riley - René Leibowitz - Paris New Symphony Society Orchestra, 1953
• Martina Arroyo , Janet Baker , Alexander Young - János Ferencsik - Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio C, 1959
• Inge Borkh , Hertha Töpper, Lorenz Fehenberger, Kieth Engen, Hans Herbert Fiedler - Rafael Kubelík - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , 1965
• Marita Napier , Yvonne Minton , Kenneth Bowen, Jess Thomas , Siegmund Nimsgern - Pierre Boulez - London Philharmonic, BBC Choral
• Jessye Norman , Tatiana Troyanos , Werner Klemperer , James McCracken - Seiji Ozawa - Tanglewood Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Susan Dunn, Brigitte Fassbaender , Siegfried Jerusalem , Hermann Becht, Hans Hotter - Riccardo Chailly - Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin
• Eva Marton , Florence Quivar , Gary Lakes, Hans Hotter , Jon Garrison, John Cheek - Zubin Mehta - New York Philharmonic, 1991
• Sharon Sweet, Marjana Lipovšek , Siegfried Jerusalem, Hartmut Welker, Barbara Sukowa - Claudio Abbado - Vienna Philharmonic , Arnold Schönberg Choir , Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Vienna State Opera Choir , 1992
• Deborah Voigt , Jennifer Larmore , Thomas Moser, Bernd Weikl, Kenneth Riegel, Klaus Maria Brandauer - Giuseppe Sinopoli - Staatskapelle Dresden , 1996
• Karita Mattila , Anne Sofie von Otter , Thomas Moser, Philip Langridge, Thomas Quasthoff - Simon Rattle - Berliner Philharmoniker , Ernst Senff Choir, Rundfunkchor Berlin, 2001
• Melanie Diener , Stephen O'Mara, Jennifer Lane, David Wilson-Johnson, Martyn Hill, Ernst Haefliger - Robert Craft - Philharmonia Orchestra, 2001