Appropriation (song)

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Zueignung is a song by the composer Richard Strauss based on the poem Habe Dank by the Austrian poet Hermann von Gilm . Strauss completed the composition on August 13, 1885. The song is part of the first collection of songs that the composer published as op. Originally the song was designed for a singing voice and piano. The first orchestral version from 1932 came from the conductor Robert Heger , and in 1940 Strauss created his own orchestral version. Appropriation is one of the most famous and most played compositions by Richard Strauss.

Emergence

Richard Strauss
Ludwig Thuille
Hermann von Gilm

In 1882, Ludwig Thuille, a friend of Strauss, showed him some poems from the volume of poetry Last Leaves by Hermann von Gilm, which was published in 1864, the year in which Gilm died and Strauss was born. Thank you , the chorus became the title of the poem, dates from 1845 and was not in this volume of poems. Strauss set to music poems by eight Gilm and published them as Op. 10, Dedication was the first song. The entire cycle was composed for tenor voice. Strauss dedicated the song to Heinrich Vogl , which was contrary to the wishes of his father Franz Strauss , who wanted the first published songs to be dedicated to Aunt Johanna as thanks for her support of his music education. On March 5, 1886, Zueignung, along with three other songs from op. 10, was performed publicly for the first time at a chamber concert by the singer Rudolph Engelhardt . In 1897 an English version of the song was created by Paul Bernhoff .

song lyrics

Yes you know, dear soul
That I torment myself far from you,
Love makes hearts sick
Thank you.
Once I, the liberty drinker, stopped
Up the amethyst goblet,
And you blessed the potion
Thank you.
And in it conjured the wicked
Until I what I never been
holy, holy sank to your heart,
Thank you.

Impact history

It is a work that has been played frequently since the time it was created up to the present day. There are over 200 recordings. Strauss himself recorded the song three times as a piano accompanist: in 1919 with the baritone Heinrich Schlusnus , twice in 1942 on radio recordings in Vienna, with the soprano Maria Reining and with the tenor Anton Dermota .

In 1932 the song was orchestrated by Robert Heger and in 1940 by Richard Strauss himself for Viorica Ursuleac . Strauss changed the music a little and added an additional line, "Du wonderful Helena", referring to Ursuleacs, who sang the title role in Strauss' Die ägyptische Helena at the 1933 Salzburg Festival . The Strauss orchestral version was premiered on July 4, 1940 in Rome, sung by Viorica Ursuleac and conducted by her husband Clemens Krauss . Famous interpreters of the song also include Barbara Bonney , Grace Bumbry , Joyce DiDonato , Renée Fleming , Soile Isokoski , Gwyneth Jones , Lotte Lehmann , Zinka Milanov , Jessye Norman , Lucia Popp , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as well as Francisco Araiza , Piotr Beczała , Jussi Björling , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Thomas Hampson , Ben Heppner , Jonas Kaufmann , Alexander Kipnis , Alfredo Kraus , Michael Nagy , Thomas Quasthoff , Hermann Weil , Gösta Winbergh and Fritz Wunderlich .

Orchestral versions

Richard Strauss himself wrote an orchestral version in 1940. This was completed on June 19, 1940. The following instruments are used:

  • Two flutes, two oboes, 2 clarinets, 3 bassoons
  • Four horns, 3 trumpets
  • Timpani
  • two harps
  • Strings

The orchestration by Robert Heger from 1932 is based on the following instrumentation:

  • Two flutes, two oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons
  • Four horns, two trumpets, one trombone
  • Timpani
  • a harp
  • Strings

literature

  • Norman Del Mar : Richard Strauss. A Critical Commentary on his Life and Works , Volume 3, Faber and Faber, London 2009, ISBN 978-0-571-25098-1
  • Andreas Pernpeintner (ed.): Richard Strauss, songs with piano accompaniment op. 10 to op. 29 , critical edition: Volume II / 2, Dr. Richard Strauss Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-901-97405-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Norman Del Mar: Richard Strauss. A Critical Commentary on his Life and Works , Volume 3, Faber and Faber, London 2009, pp. 264-267
  2. ^ Oper-Graz: Durch allen Schall und Klang , accessed on May 1, 2019
  3. ^ Richard Strauss: Composer, conductor, pianist , volume 8, Documents 291378 (CD).
  4. ↑ Jennifer Hambrick: Richard Strauss Zueignung ("Yes, you know it, dear soul"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 10/1 (TrV 141/1) , accessed on April 30, 2019
  5. ^ Hurwitz, David: Richard Strauss: An Owners manual . P. 174, Amadeus Press, Milwaukee 2014, ISBN 978-1-57467-442-2