Description:
Brahms composed his first volume of choral-watzes in August of 1869 to poetry taken from Polydora, an 1855 collection of German folk-poems and love-songs assembled by George Friedrich Daumer (1800-1875). Rather than the usual accompaniment for piano solo, Brahms elected to provide one for piano duet. The first performance was given in Heidelberg on November 4, 1869. The conductor Ernst Rudorff persuaded Brahms to orchestrate the accompaniment for 8 of the 18 numbers (plus another subsequently included in his Op.65 set) for a concert given at Berlin's Hochschule on March 19, 1870.
Offered here is a new vocal score of the entire Op.52 set by Richard W. Sargeant Jr. for voices and piano, which matches his new edition and orchestration of the Op.52 - also available from Serenissima Music as study score, large conductor score and orchestral parts.
Rede, Mädchen, allzu liebes
Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut
O die Frauen
Wie des Abends schöne Röthe
Die grüne Hopfenranke
Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel nahm…
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