12 Gesänge, Op.129 (Hiller, Ferdinand)

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Publisher. Info. Bremen: August Cranz, n.d.[1867].
Reprinted Hamburg: August Cranz, n.d. Plate 36445-36456.
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Publisher. Info. Bremen: August Cranz, n.d.[1867]. Plate 5729, 5785 (low), 729 (high).
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Bremen: August Cranz, n.d.[1875].
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Misc. Notes Published as part two of Hiller-Album.
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Work Title 12 Gesänge
Alternative. Title
Composer Hiller, Ferdinand
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.129
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFH 17
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 12 songs:
  1. Nähe des Geliebten
  2. Dein Auge
  3. Mignon
  4. O komme bald
  5. Im Maien
  6. Schlummerlied
  7. Mädchenlied
  8. Muntrer Bach
  9. Mitternacht
  10. Der Schmied
  11. Wandrers Nachtlied
  12. Schweizerlied
Text Incipit see below
  1. Ich denke Dein
  2. Du hast mir leis' die Hand gedrückt
  3. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
  4. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
  5. Nun bricht aus allen Zweigen
  6. Es ruht die Welt in Abendduft
  7. O Blätter, dürre Blätter
  8. Muntrer Bach, was rausch'st du so
  9. Um Mitternacht hab’ ich gewacht
  10. Ich weiss einen wackern Gesellen
  11. Ueber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh'
  12. Uf'm Bergli bin i gesässe
First Publication. 1867 – Bremen: August Cranz
Librettist see below
1, 3, 11, 12. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
2. Nina von Waldburg (1835–1905)
4. Hermann Lingg (1820–1905)
5, 8. Julius Rodenberg (1831–1914)
6. Margarethe Pilgram-Diehl (1817–1870)
7. Ludwig Pfau (1821–1894)
9. Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866)
10. Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816–1872)
Language German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice (alto), piano

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  • Published as second half of Hiller-Album (Cranz 1875, compiled in Peters 1878).
  • The score mentions Mina von Waldburg as librettist of No.2, but this should be Nina von Waldburg: the poem was published as No.4 ("Dein Auge ist wie Sternennacht") in her collection Mädchenlieder in Deutsche Dichter der Gegenwart (Prague, 1859), pp.430–433.