Gurre-Lieder

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Gurre-Lieder is a massive late-Romantic cantata by Arnold Schoenberg for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, based on poems by Jens Peter Jacobsen and renowned for its lush orchestration and dramatic scale.

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instanceOf cantata
orchestral song cycle
basedOn Gurre poems cycle
poems by Jens Peter Jacobsen
catalogueStatus one of Schoenberg's largest works
composer Arnold Schoenberg
compositionCompletionYear 1911
compositionStartYear 1900
conductorAtPremiere Franz Schreker
countryOfOrigin Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
firstPerformanceCountry Austria
firstPerformanceDate 1913-02-23
firstPerformancePlace Vienna
genre late-Romantic music
influences Richard Wagner
late-Romantic orchestral tradition
language German
notableFor dramatic narrative
lush orchestration
massive scale
orchestrationFeatures celesta
expanded woodwind section
harps
large brass section
large percussion section
large string section
piano
periodInComposerOutput late-Romantic phase of Arnold Schoenberg
principalCharacter Waldemar
surface form: King Waldemar

The Narrator
The Peasant
The Wood Dove
Tove
scoring chorus
large orchestra
soloists
structure Part I
Part II
Part III
style highly chromatic tonal language
post-Wagnerian
subjectMatter medieval Danish legend
tragic love story of King Waldemar and Tove
textGermanTranslationBy Robert Franz Arnold
textSourceLanguage Danish
titleRefersTo Gurre Castle
vocalForces large mixed chorus
multiple vocal soloists

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Arnold Schoenberg notableWork Gurre-Lieder