Frederick Delius

Abendstimmung

Evening Voices

(Twilight Fancies)

DCW 91
RT V/9
DCE 19/15a

Composer: Frederick Delius
Author: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Translator: F. von Holstein

Setting of von Holstein's German translation of 'Aftenstemning (Prinsessen)' (1861) from Digte og Sange by Bjørnson. This song was orchestrated by Delius in 1908 at the request of Olga Wood. That setting is published in vol. 15a of the Collected Edition.

Composition: Between 1889 and 1908.

Pianoforte version

Date: 1889.

Instrumentation: pf.
Soloist: voice
Text incipit: 'Es saß die Prinzessin im Frauengemach'

Musical incipit for this work

Orchestral version

Date: 1908.

Instrumentation:
Orchestra : 2 fl., 2 ob., cor.ingl., 2 cl., 2 fg., 4 cor., str.
Soloist: voice

Musical incipit for this work


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