Three Songs based on Words by Heinrich Heine and Friedrich Rückert. Vocal transcriptions by Clytus Gottwald
For the 200th anniversary of Clara Schumann’s birth in 2019, Clytus Gottwald has added to her small output of original choral works with skilful transcriptions of three of the composer’s songs for voice and piano, arranged for six-part unaccompanied chorus.
The three songs were written in the first years of her marriage to Robert. In 1840 she composed the two Heine settings, Ihr Bildnis and Volkslied. The Rückert setting Liebst du um Schönheit was written in 1841.
The three songs were written in the first years of her marriage to Robert. In 1840 she composed the two Heine settings, Ihr Bildnis and Volkslied. The Rückert setting Liebst du um Schönheit was written in 1841.
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Composer
Clara Schumann (Wieck)
| 1819-1896
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Songwriter / Librettist
Friedrich Rückert
| 1788-1866Friedrich Rückert, geb. 1788 in Schweinfurt, gest. 1866 bei Coburg. Lyriker und Übersetzer. Professor für orientalische Philologie in Erlangen. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Heinrich Heine
| 1797-1856
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Arranger
Clytus Gottwald
| 1925-2023The choral conductor, composer and musicologist Clytus Gottwald (1925 - 2023) made significant contributions to contemporary choral music. As editor for New Music at Südfunk Stuttgart and founder and director of the Schola Cantorum Stuttgart, he was in productive exchange with his contemporaries, Pierre Boulez, Mauricio Kagel, György Ligeti, Luigi Nono, Karlheinz Stockhausen and many others. With his Schola Cantorum, a 16-voice chamber vocal ensemble, Gottwald decisively shaped the a cappella choral culture of the highest technical level that is taken for granted today. Clytus Gottwald's transcriptions of piano songs and instrumental pieces for unaccompanied choir are appreciated by choirs all over the world. Modelled on the style of Ligeti, his works set the highest of musical standards. Clytus Gottwald has received several awards for his services, including the Cultural Prize of Baden-Württemberg in 2009, the European Church Music Prize in 2012, and the Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2014. His importance for the development of contemporary choral music cannot be overestimated. Personal details
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