Work Title
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4 Gesänge aus „Stimmen der Völker“
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Alternative. Title
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Composer
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Jensen, Adolf
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.58
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IAJ 13
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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4 songs
- Erlkönigs Tochter
- Darthula’s Grabesgesang
- Edward
- Lied der Desdemona
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Text Incipit
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see below
- Herr Oluf reitet spät und weit
- Mädchen von Koia, du schläfst
- Dein Schwert, wie ist’s von Blut so roth
- An einem Baum, am Weidenbaum sass sie
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First Publication.
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1877
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Librettist
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Johann Gottfried Herder, German translation from his Stimmen der Völker
- Traditional (Danish)
- Ossian (fl.200 — fl.300)
- Traditional (Scottish)
- Rousseau, from Les Consolations des Misères de ma Vie
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Language
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German
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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voice, piano
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