Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
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Composition Year | 1829 |
Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
Work Title | Song, Seemanns Scheidelied, WoO 20 |
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Alternative. Title | Charlotte & Werther |
Composer | Mendelssohn, Felix |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | WoO 20 ; MWV K 48 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IFM 151 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
Text Incipit | 1. All moveless in her dark bright eye (Collard version) 2. Es freut sich Alles weit und breit (Hoffmann von Fallersleben version) |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1829 |
First Publication. | 1830 - London: S. Chappell, Clementi & Co. |
Librettist | William Frederick Collard, later August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben |
Language | English, German |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 4-5 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | voice and piano |
External Links | All Music Guide |
Originally published in London as Charlotte to Werter with an English text by William Frederick Collard. Hoffmann von Fallersleben later wrote a new German text, which was published in Berlin in 1850 as Seemanns Scheidelied.