Gurre-Lieder
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.2|Ruins of Gurre Castle, 2007 '''''''' (Songs of Gurre) is a tripartite oratorio followed by a melodramatic epilogue for five vocal soloists, narrator, three choruses, and grand orchestra. The work, which is based on an early song cycle for soprano, tenor and piano, was composed by the then-Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg from 1900 to 1903. After a break, he resumed orchestration in 1910 and completed it in November 1911. It sets to music the poem cycle Gurresange'' by the Danish writer Jens Peter Jacobsen (translated from Danish to German by ).
Key facts
- Musical composition.type
- Oratorio
- Musical composition.composer
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Musical composition.image
- Gurrelieder-Graz2013.jpg
- Musical composition.caption
- A performance at the Graz Opera in 2013,conducted by Dirk Kaftan
- Musical composition.full_title
- Gurre-Lieder von Jens Peter Jacobsen, Deutsch von Robert Franz Arnold, für Soli, Chor, und Orchester
- Musical composition.other_name
- Gurrelieder
- Musical composition.style
- Romantic
- Musical composition.translation
- Songs of Gurre
- Musical composition.text
- poems by Jens Peter Jacobsen
- Musical composition.language
- German
- Musical composition.duration
- at least 90 minutes
- Musical composition.movements
- I: 11; II: 1, III: 7; Epilogue: 3
- Musical composition.composed
- –1903, 1910–1911
- Musical composition.published
- Vienna, 1920
- Musical composition.publisher
- Universal Edition
- Musical composition.premiere_date
- 23 February 1913
- Musical composition.premiere_conductor
- Franz Schreker
- Musical composition.premiere_location
- Musikverein
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Composition
- Premieres
- First recording
- Other performances
- Structure
- Plot
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Scoring
- Recordings
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.2|Ruins of Gurre Castle, 2007 '''''''' (Songs of Gurre) is a tripartite oratorio followed by a melodramatic epilogue for five vocal soloists, narrator, three choruses, and grand orchestra. The work, which is based on an early song cycle for soprano, tenor and piano, was composed by the then-Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg from 1900 to 1903. After a break, he resumed orchestration in 1910 and completed it in November 1911. It sets to music the poem cycle Gurresange'' by the Danish writer Jens Peter Jacobsen (translated from Danish to German by ).
The Gurre Castle and its surrounding areas in Denmark are the settings of the plot, which involves the mediæval love-tragedy (related in Jacobsen's poems) revolving around a legend of the love of king Valdemar Atterdag (Valdemar IV, 1320–1375, German: Waldemar) for his mistress, Tove, and her subsequent murder by Valdemar's jealous wife, Queen Helvig of Schleswig, (a legend which is historically more likely connected with his ancestor Valdemar I).