Vier letzte Lieder
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Vier letzte Lieder is a set of four orchestral songs for soprano composed by Richard Strauss near the end of his life, celebrated for their lush late-Romantic style and meditations on mortality and farewell.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vier letzte Lieder canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
classical composition
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orchestral song ⓘ song cycle ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Richard Strauss’s late style ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | TrV 296 ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| considered | one of Richard Strauss’s masterpieces ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| dateComposed | 1948 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Kirsten Flagstad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceConductor | Wilhelm Furtwängler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 22 May 1950 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Royal Albert Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceOrchestra | Philharmonia Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformer | Kirsten Flagstad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | late-Romantic music ⓘ |
| hasKeyCharacteristic |
lush orchestration
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lyrical vocal writing ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| movement |
Beim Schlafengehen
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Frühling ⓘ Im Abendrot NERFINISHED ⓘ September ⓘ |
| notableRecordingArtist |
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
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Gundula Janowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessye Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiri Te Kanawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Renée Fleming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfParts | 4 ⓘ |
| orchestration | large late-Romantic orchestra ⓘ |
| placeComposed | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoredFor | soprano and orchestra ⓘ |
| stylePeriod |
20th-century classical music
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late Romantic ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
evening and sunset imagery
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nature and transience ⓘ |
| textAuthor |
Hermann Hesse
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Joseph von Eichendorff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textLanguage | German ⓘ |
| theme |
acceptance of death
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farewell ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Four Last Songs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesPoetryBy |
Hermann Hesse
NERFINISHED
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Joseph von Eichendorff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceType | soprano ⓘ |
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