SATB choir and piano or chamber orchestra - Medium - Digital Download

SKU: MQ.5755-E

Composed by Gustav Mahler and Stanley M. Hoffman. Arranged by Stanley M. Hoffman. Advanced/Collegiate. Secular, Romantic. Score & instrument parts. 9 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #5755-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.5755-E).

English, German.

Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) completed the composition of this work in 1901. The original version, scored for solo voice and chamber orchestra, is one of the Rückert-Lieder (Friedrich Rückert, poet [1788–1866]). Stanley M. Hoffman completed his arrangement for SATB chorus and piano in 2001.

Hoffman says of his arrangement: Rather than taking the easy way out by placing a pre-existing accompaniment from a piano/vocal score beneath the newly created alto, tenor, and bass choral parts (the soprano part retaining the original melody throughout), I went back to the orchestral score and created my own piano reduction. Bracketed items indicate editorial additions intended to make the arrangement more effective. The piece should be performed in a hushed manner throughout. This edition also includes a sensitively conceived English singing translation by Robert Schuneman.

In 2015, Stanley M. Hoffman inserted his choral arrangement into the original chamber orchestra score. Duration: 6:00.