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Schubert, Franz: On the River D 943 for Voice, Horn and Piano

Original Key for High Voice

Setting: Chamber Music with Voice, Horn
Period: Romantic
Length: 54 pages
Published: 2020
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Item number: HN1147
Other reference: HN 1147
ISMN: 9790201811475
The scoring of Schubert’s Auf dem Strom (On the River) for voice, horn and piano is reminiscent of that of the Hirt auf dem Felsen (Shepherd on the Rock, HN 969) with obligato clarinet. Both pieces were written in 1828 and each one upon a musician’s request ╩ in this case that of the horn player Rudolf Lewy. Schubert gave the first performance of Auf dem Strom with the latter and the tenor Ludwig Tietze on 26 March 1828 in Vienna. It was such a success that it was soon performed again, and the p
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