Wiegenlied, D 498 (Schubert)
Franz Schubert's Wiegenlied "Schlafe, schlafe, holder süßer Knabe", D 498, Op. 98, No. 2, is a lullaby composed in November 1816.[2] The song is also known as "Mille cherubini in coro" after an Italian language arrangement for voice and orchestra by Alois Melichar.
Lyrics
[edit]The author of the lyrics is unknown; they are sometimes attributed to Matthias Claudius, but the poem does not appear in Claudius' collected works.[3]
| Original German lyrics[1] | Direct English translation | English lyrics by Chapman[4] |
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Schlafe, schlafe, holder, süßer Knabe, |
Sleep, sleep, gracious, sweet boy, |
Slumber, slumber, O my darling baby, |
Music
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Related works
[edit]Alois Melichar arranged Wiegenlied along with incidental music from Schubert's opera Rosamunde to form the song "Mille cherubini in coro" for the 1935 film Vergiß mein nicht. It was performed by the tenor Beniamino Gigli with the Berlin State Opera Orchestra.[5]
In more recent times the song was notably sung by tenor Luciano Pavarotti, usually in his Christmas concerts.
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b Schubert, Franz (1895) [1816], "Wiegenlied von M. Claudius.(?) Für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianforte", in Mandyczewski, Eusebius (ed.), Franz Peter Schuberts Werke, Serie XX: Sämtliche einstimmige Lieder und Gesänge (PDF) (in German), vol. 4, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, p. 239, retrieved 30 August 2011
- ^ Youens, Susan (1984), "Metamorphoses of a Melody: Schubert's "Wiegenlied," D. 498, in Twentieth-Century Opera", Opera Quarterly, 2 (2): 35–48, doi:10.1093/oq/2.2.35
- ^ Reed, John (1997), The Schubert song companion, Manchester University Press, pp. 437–438, ISBN 1-901341-00-3
- ^ Schubert, Franz; Chapman, Henry G.; Bélanger (1907), Wiegenlied (Claudius); La jeune Mère; Cradle-Song, New York: G. Schirmer Inc., Indiana University Sheet Music #LL-SDV-108066, retrieved 30 August 2011
- ^ "Review: Beniamino Gigli (tenor) with Berlin State Opera Orchestra under Alois Melichar", Gramophone, vol. 13, no. 155, p. 21, April 1936, retrieved 31 August 2011
Further reading
[edit]- Thym, Jürgen, ed. (2010), Of poetry and song: approaches to the nineteenth-century lied, University of Rochester Press, pp. 20, 172, ISBN 978-1-58046-055-2
- Tavianini, Marie (6 June 2006), "Text, Context, and Reception History of the Richard Dehmel Poems "Venus Mater" and "Wiegenlied" and Their Lieder Settings by Hans Pfitzner and Richard Strauss", Open Access Dissertations, University of Miami, pp. 22–24, retrieved 30 August 2011
- Johnson, Graham (1990), Wiegenlied, D498: liner notes, Hyperion Records, retrieved 30 August 2011
- Leonard, James, "Wiegenlied ("Schlafe, schlafe, holder süsser Knabe"), song for voice & piano ("Mille Cherubini in Coro"), D. 498 (Op. 98/2): Composition Description", allmusic, All Media Guide, retrieved 30 August 2011
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