The Complete Liebeslieder and Zigeunerlieder: For Four Solo Voices and Piano Accompaniment [平装] 0486294102

在线阅读本书 Treasury of delightful solo vocal quartets: Liebeslieder, Op. 52, 18 songs for vocal quartet (soprano, alto, tenor and bass) and piano four hands; Neue Liebeslieder, Op. 65, 14 songs and a closing piece for the same ensemble; and Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103, 11 songs for vocal quartet and piano (one player). .com In the second half of the 19th century, when every middle-class household had both a piano in the parlor and at least one person who could play the instrument with some degree of competence, musical evenings in the home werea favored means of entertainment. Accordingly, composers wrote works to accommodate these talented amateurs. Much of the chamber music we now gather to hear in concerts and recitals was not originally aimed at professional performers at all, but at people who picked it up and played it just for fun. Music forpiano (solo or four hands) was the most popular form, but vocal music was also a steady seller. Brahms wrote the songs collected in this book, includingthe Love Song Waltzes and Gypsy Songs, for that audience. The compositions arelovely, singable, and thoroughly Viennese. Gypsy music is a thread that runs through Brahms's compositions; the Liebeslieder texts come from a

出版社	Dover Publications
作者	Johannes Brahms