4 Gesänge, Op.20 (Goetz, Hermann)

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Gute Nacht (No.1)

Language English
Translator John Troutbeck (1832-1899), English text
Publisher. Info. The Orpheus (New series), No. 229
London: Novello, Ewer and Co., n.d.(ca.1890).
Copyright
Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): C1538/17
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Oktoberlied (No.2)

Language English
Translator John Troutbeck (1832-1899), English text
Publisher. Info. The Orpheus (New series), No. 230
London: Novello, Ewer and Co., n.d.(ca.1890).
Copyright
Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): C1538/18
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Waldszene (No.3)

Language English
Translator John Troutbeck (1832-1899), English text
Publisher. Info. The Orpheus (New series), No. 231
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d.[1892].
Copyright
Misc. Notes "Four-Part Song for Men's Voices"
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Trinklied (No.4)

Language English
Translator John Troutbeck (1832-1899), English text
Publisher. Info. The Orpheus (New series), No. 232
London: Novello, Ewer and Co., n.d.(ca.1890).
Copyright
Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): C1538/20
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General Information

Work Title Vier Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen
Alternative. Title No. 7 der nachgel. Werke
Composer Goetz, Hermann
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.20
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IHG 4
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 songs
  1. Gute Nacht
  2. Oktoberlied
  3. Waldszene
  4. Trinklied
Text Incipit see below
  1. Es soll kein Tag sich enden
  2. Der Nebel steigt
  3. Im grünen Wald ist grosse Ruh
  4. Wirth, hast du noch ein volles Fass?
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1862-63
First Publication. 1879 – Leipzig: Kistner
(Monatsbericht (1879), p.307)
Librettist see below
  1. Robert Eduard Prutz (1816–1872)
  2. Theodor Storm (Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm)
  3. Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804-1875)
  4. Julius Wolff
Language German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation male chorus (TTBB)