The poet Joseph Eichendorff (1788–1857) was a major figure of German literary romanticism, and hundreds of composers were attracted to his lyric texts. This edition presents a selection of twenty Eichendorff songs illustrating the development of the lied during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Seventeen composers are represented, including Fanny Hensel, Robert Franz, Joseph Rheinberger, Philipp Spitta, Hans Pfitzner, and Othmar Schoeck.

Contents

1. Untreue, Friedrich Glück

2. Der Einsiedler, Joseph Dessauer

3. Frühlingsnacht, Op. 20, No. 4, Friedrich Curschmann

4. Nachtwanderer, Op. 7, No. 1, Fanny Hensel

5. Abends, Op. 16, No. 4, Robert Franz

6. Am Strom, Op. 30, No. 3, Robert Franz

7. Der Einsiedler, Karl Reinthaler

8. Ich wandre durch die stille Nacht, Op. 95, Theodor Kirchner

9. Die Kleine, Op. 37, No. 1, Franz von Holstein

10. Der Morgen, Op. 81, No. 3, Eduard Lassen

11. Waldesgespräch, Op. 5, No. 4, Adolf Jensen

12. Die Nachtblume, Op. 22, No. 2, Joseph Rheinberger

13. Lockung, Op. 22, No. 1, Bernhard Hopffer

14. Frische Fahrt, Op. 16, No. 2, Ernst Rudorff

15. Waldeinsamkeit, Philipp Spitta

16. Abschied, Op. 9, No. 5, Hans Pfitzner

17. In Danzig, Op. 22, No. 1, Hans Pfitzner

18. Nachtlied, Op. 20, No. 13, Othmar Schoeck

19. Ergebung, Op. 30, No. 6, Othmar Schoeck

20. Marienlied, Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling

Reviews

Barbara Turchin, Notes, December 1984; Derrick Puffett, Music & Letters; August Gerstmeier, Die Musikforschung, March 1986