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Schumann, Robert: Song Cycle op. 39 On Poems by Eichendorff

Versions 1842 and 1850

Setting: Voice and piano
Period: Romantic
Length: 96 pages
Weight: 0.335 kg
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Item number: HN0550
Other reference: HN 550
ISMN: 9790201805504
'I would like to sing myself to death like a nightingale'' - 1840, Schumann's most prolific ''song year'', was marked by great private upheaval. He was only able to finally marry Clara in September after he had fought her father in a court case. ''The Eichendorff cycle is probably my most romantic'', he informed her of his latest opus, ''and there is a great deal of you in it.'' The song cycle opus 39 that was first published in 1842 is today one of Schumann's most important song cycles - not least because of the famous ''Moon night''. He revised his work for a new edition eight years later. Our Urtext edition offers both versions in their entirety.
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