Abendständchen, Op. 42, No. 1 (Johannes Brahms)

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• CPDL #23589:

Editor: Robert Urmann (submitted 2011-05-21).   Score information: Executive, 4 pages, 204 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: includes optional piano accompaniment; see Drei Gesänge, Op. 42 for a complete edition

• CPDL #00051: Finale 1998

Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-07-07).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 89 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:
Possible error(s) identified. (See discussion page for full description)

General Information

Title: Abendständchen, Op. 42, No. 1
Work: Drei Gesänge, Op. 42
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Lyricist: Clemens Brentano^{create page}

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SAATBB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: German
Instruments: a cappella, with optional piano accompaniment
Published: 1868 (?); Bremen: Aug. Fr. Cranz

Description: composed between October 1859 and June 1861, Detmold and Hamburg; first proven performance: April 17^th 1864, Vienna, under his own direction

External websites:

• Scanned score of the first print from Brahms Institute at the University of Music Lübeck (Germany)
• Listening guide
• YouTube
• German text and translations at The Lied and Art Song Texts Page

Original text and translations

German text