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Frederick Delius

Eine Vogelweise

The Birds' Story

DCW 95
RT V/9
DCE 19/15a

Composer: Frederick Delius
Author: Henrik Ibsen
Translator: L. Passarge

Setting of 'En fuglevise' (1858) from Ibsen's Digte, translated into German by Passarge. Along with 'Abendstimmung', 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.

Contained in:
Sieben Lieder aus dem Norwegischen

Composition: Between 1889 and 1908.

Pianoforte version

Date: 1889.

Instrumentation: pf.
Soloist: voice
Text incipit: 'Wir gingen an einem Maientag in schattiger Allee'

Musical incipit for this work

Orchestral version

Date: 1908.

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

Musical incipit for this work


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