Josephine Lang : her life and songs / Harald Krebs and Sharon Krebs.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Krebs, Harald, 1955-

Contributor:

• Krebs, Sharon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Lang, Josephine, 1815-1880.
• Composers--Germany--Biography.
• Composers.
• Women composers.
• Germany.
• Women composers--Germany--Biography.
• Songs (High voice) with piano.

Genre:

• Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 308 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 25 cm + 1 CD (4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Contents:

• Contents of compact disc: Frühzeitiger Frühling = Premature spring : "op. 6," no. 3 / text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Fee'n-Reigen = Fairy dance : "op. 3," no. 4 / text by Friedrich von Mathisson
• Traumbild = Dream image : op. 28, no. 1 / text by Heinrich Heine
• Schmetterling = Butterfly : op. 8, no. 1 / poet unknown
• In die Ferne = Into the distance : op. 8, no. 2 / text by Hermann Klätke
• Ew'ge Nähe = Eternal nearness : op. 8, no. 3 / text by Agnes von Calatin
• Namenloses = Nameless [poems] ; Zur Erinnerung an "Wh." : Aus Maltitz's Namenloser [sic] = In remembrance of "Wh." / text by Apollonius von Maltitz
• Du denkst an mich so selten = You think of me so rarely : op. 26, no. 3 / text by August Graf von Platen
• Frühes Sterben = Early death : op. 26, no. 4 / text by Friedrich Mayer
• Den Abschied schnell genommen = Take farewell quickly : op. 15, no. 1 / poet unknown
• Scheideblick = Parting glance : op. 26, no. 3 / text by Nikolaus Lenau
• O sehntest du dich so nach mir = If you longed for me : op. 14, no. 1 ; Und noch von dir kein Wort aus der Novelle Die Mathildenhöhle = And still no word from you from the novella The Mathilde cave ; Ach ich denke' : aus dem Roman Die Mathildenhöhle = Oh, I think : from the novel The Mathilde cave ; Nach dem Abschied = After the farewell : op. 9, no. 3 ; Zusammen = Together : op. 26, no. 5 ; Abermals am See = Once again by the lake : op. 12, no. 3 ; Ob ich manchmal dein gedenke? = Whether I sometimes think of you? : op. 27, no. 3 ; Der Herbst = Autumn : op. 12, no. 5 ; Vögelein = Little bird : op. 14, no. 5 ; 1. Julÿ [sic] / text by C. Reinhold [Köstlin]
• Die Wolken = The clouds : op. 25, no. 5 / text likely by Felix Köstlin
• Leb' wohl, leb' wohl du schöne Welt = Farewell, farewell, beautiful world : op. 29, no. 1 / text by Albert Zeller
• Wenn zwei von einander scheiden = When two people part : op. 33 [34], no. 6 / text by Heinrich Heine
• Vorsatz = Resolve : op. 38 [39], no. 1 / text by Robert Prutz
• Im reinsten Gold ich treu bewahr = Encased in purest gold : op. 34 [35], no. 1 / text likely by Felix Kunde
• Lied des jungen Werner : Am Ufer blies ich ein lustig Stück = Song of young Werner : On the riverbank I played a merry piece : op. 45, no. 2 ; Lied des Katers 'Hiddigeigei = Song of the cat Hiddigeigei : op. 45, no. 5 / text by Viktor von Scheffel
• Scheiden = Parting : op. 43, no. 4 / text by C. Reinhold [Köstlin].

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-294) and indexes.
• Performers on compact disc: Sharon Krebs, soprano ; Harald Krebs, piano ; Pamela Highbaugh Aloni, violoncello.
• German texts with English translations of the songs on the compact disc on p. 235-249.

Contains:

Lang, Josephine, 1815-1880. Songs. Selections

ISBN:

0195173635

OCLC:

65197806

Publisher Number:

9780195173635