Myrthen, Op. 25 - High Voice and Piano

1840 was Schumann's famous “year of song” that brought forth over 100 lieder. They included Myrthen op. 25, which he dedicated “to his dear bride”, Clara Wieck-Schumann. Besides famous songs such as “Widmung”, “Lotosblume” and “Nussbaum” to texts by German poets,the collection also saw Schumann venture further afield, whether to the Scottish Highlands with settings of Robert Burns or to Italyfor the “Venetian Songs” of Thomas Moore. Schumann specialist Kazuko Ozawa has examined the first edition of 1840 and all the manuscript sources. Among the dedicatory autograph copies she has also discovered interesting early versions of individual songs that are here published in an appendix. Henle's Urtext edition is rounded off with an extensive history of how Myrthen was composed. This volume is a superlative addition to G. Henle Verlag?s series of Robert Schumann's song cycles.

Table of Contents:

• Widmung
• Freisinn
• Der Nussbaum
• Lieder aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan No. 1 (Sitz' ich allein)
• Lieder aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan No. 2 (Setze mir nicht, du Grobian)
• Die Lotusblume
• Talismane
• Lied der Suleika
• Die Hochlander-Witwe
• Lied der Braut aus dem Liebesfruhling No. 1 (Mutter, Mutter! glaube nicht)
• Lied der Braut aus dem Liebesfruhling No. 2 (Lass mich ihm am Busen hangen)
• Hochlanders Abschied
• Hochlandisches Wiegenlied
• Aus den hebraischen Gesangen
• Rathsel
• Zwei Venetianische Lieder No. 1 (Leis' rudern hier, mein Gondolier)
• Zwei Venetianische Lieder No. 2 (Wenn durch die Piazzetta)
• Hauptmanns Weib
• Weit, weit!
• Was will die einsame Trane
• Niemand
• Im Westen
• Du bist wie eine Blume
• Aus den ostlichen Rosen
• Zum Schluss

Publisher:	Henle
Composer/Author:	Schumann, Robert
Arranger/Editor:	Ozawa, Kazuko
Catalog Number:	HN551
Pages:	80