Dream through the twilight
Dream through the twilight is a poem by Otto Julius Bierbaum , which Richard Strauss set to music, his song op. 29/1. Wide meadows begin in the twilight gray . It is the first of a series of three songs based on love poems by Bierbaum. Strauss composed it in Munich in 1895 and dedicated it to Eugen Gura . The songs are set for medium voice and piano and have been published by Universal Edition as 3 songs with piano accompaniment .
poem
Dream through the twilight first appeared in Berlin in 1892 in a collection of Erlebte Gedichte von Bierbaum, published by Wilhelm Issleib. Bierbaum dedicated the 217-page collection, which contains Dreams through Twilight on page 130, to Detlev von Liliencron , as he explains in his printed foreword. A second edition appeared a year later.
Dream through the twilight
Wide meadows in the twilight gray;
The sun faded, the stars drew;
Now I go to the most beautiful woman,
Far over meadows in the twilight gray,
Deep into the bush of jasmine.
Through twilight in love land;
I don't go fast, I don't rush;
A soft, velvet ribbon draws me
through twilight gray in the love land,
In a blue, mild light.
Composition and publication
Strauss composed Dream Through the Twilight , together with the other two songs from Op. 29, in the summer of 1895, a year after he had married Pauline de Ahna and settled in Munich, his native city.
As Kapellmeister at the Munich Court Opera, he was looking for a librettist for a possible opera project and contacted Bierbaum. Although it did not result in an opera, Strauss liked his poems and set some of them to music, including the three of Op. 29, all of which he composed on June 7th. Dream through the twilight was followed by Beating Hearts and Night Walk .
| No. | title | Incipit |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dream through the twilight | Wide meadows in the twilight gray |
| 2 | Beating hearts | A boy was walking across meadows and fields |
| 3 | Night walk | We went through the quiet, mild night |
Allegedly, Strauss wrote Dream Through the Twilight in the twenty minutes his wife gave him before an errand. He composed the three songs for medium voice and piano and dedicated them to Eugen Gura , a leading baritone of the Bavarian Court Opera. A performance lasts about three minutes.
The songs were first published in Munich by Joseph Aibl, later by Universal Edition , also in transpositions for high and low voice and in an orchestral version by Robert Heger . Strauss quoted the music, like other early works, in the fifth section of his tone poem Ein Heldenleben , op. 40, which contains autobiographical elements.
grades
- 3 songs, Op. 29 (Strauss, Richard) , free scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Web links
- Dream through the twilight text and translation at acad.depauw.edu
- Dream through the twilight German poetry library
- Dream through the twilight zeno.org
- Three songs with piano accompaniment, op.29: Dream through the twilight, edition 1
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erlebte Gedichte (PDF), Düsseldorf University, pp. 1, 2, 70.
- ↑ Erlebte Gedichte - Internet Archive p. 130
- ↑ a b James Leonard: Dream through the twilight ("Wide meadows in twilight gray"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 29/1 ( en ) Allmusic . Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ↑ Roger Vignoles : Drei Lieder, Op 29 ( en ) Hyperion . 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
- ↑ Richard Strauss / Lion of the Hour . In: Der Spiegel . No. 39 , 1967, p. 154-156 ( online ).
- ↑ Dream in the Twilight . Universal Edition. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
- ↑ Dream through the Twilight ( s ) Universal Edition. Retrieved June 12, 2014.