Alto and chamber orchestra (1 * Altfl. * 1 * Engl. Hr. * 1 * Bassklar. * 1 * Kfg. - 2 * 0 * 0 * 0 - Hfe. - Str. (6 * 4 * 4 * 4 * 2)) SKU: HL.49007066
Funf Lieder fur eine Frauenstimme auf Gedichte von Mathilde Wesendonck von Richard Wagner. Composed by Richard Wagner. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Conductor's/study score. Composed 1976. 72 pages. Duration 15'. Schott Music #ED 7230. Published by Schott Music (HL.49007066). ISBN 9790001075695. UPC: 196288077459. 8.25x11.75x0.24 inches. German.
During the period in which these arrangements were created, Hans Werner Henze was far from being a Wagnerite. Despite this, he deliberately set out to study Wagner's music. Tristan und Isolde was the opera Henze found most accessible and it was therefore the Wesendonck-Lieder, dating from 1858 with their clear affinity to the harmony of Tristan, which became Henze's focal point of interest.In his arrangements he was aiming 'to evoke the pre-Tristan state. For this reason, I have selected a small ensemble consisting of seven wind instruments, two horns, harp and small string orchestra to retain the preliminary study character of these Lieder. At the same time however, I am attempting to permit the Tristanesque tone which is already inherent in the piano version to unfold through harmonic separation.'- Hans Werner Henze.
