Serious Songs
by Hanns Eisler
Piano, Vocal - Sheet Music

Voice and piano

SKU: BR.DV-6089

Composed by Hanns Eisler. Edited by Tobias Fasshauer. Voice; stapled. Deutscher Verlag. Song; Early modern; Music post-1945. Piano/Vocal Score. Composed 1961/62. 28 pages. Duration 15'. Deutscher Verlag fur Musik #DV 6089. Published by Deutscher Verlag fur Musik (BR.DV-6089).

ISBN 9790200464993. 9 x 12 inches.

Farewell Music

With the Ernste Gesaenge (Serious Songs) for baritone and string orchestra Hanns Eisler created at the end of his life a key work whose complex message becomes more than clear from the music settings of texts by five different poets, together with the Holderlin motto articulated in the prologue. It reflects - between resignation and hope - the difficult current state of societal development.  At the same time, not least by harking back to earlier works, it is a kind of quintessence of his composing. The piano arrangement of the subtle orchestral accompaniment is intended not only as a study aid for singers, but also as a work for public performance.