Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 movement |
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Composition Year | 1904–08? |
Genre Categories | Sinfoniettas; For harp, strings; Scores featuring the harp; |
Contents |
Complete score
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PDF scanned by Andrew S. Kohler
Andrew S. Kohler (2013/1/4)
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Work Title | Symphonietta für Streichinstrumente und Harfe |
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Alternative. Title | Sinfonietta |
Composer | Graener, Paul |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.27 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IPG 49 |
Key | G major (ends in E major) |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 movement
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1904–08? |
First Performance. | 1908 May 15, Steinway Hall, London |
First Publication. | 1910 – Vienna: Universal Edition |
Dedication | Dem Andenken meines Sohnes Heinz |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 20 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | harp, 8 violins, 3 violas, 3 celli, 2 contrabasses |
External Links | Preface by Rene R. Daley, 2009 |
The score has the following inscription:
Du kamst, du gingst mit leiser Spur, Ein flücht’ger Gast im Erdenland; Woher? Wohin? Wir wissen nur: Aus Gottes Hand in Gottes Hand.
(You came, you went with a light trace, a fleeting guest in the land of the earth; Whence? Whither? We only know: from God's hand into God's hand.)
The source of this Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862), "Auf den Tod eines Kindes" (1859)
According to the notes for the cpo recording of the work (or at least according to a review of that recording), the work is an orchestration of (or relates to) a string quartet, now lost, written to memorialize the composer's son Heinz who died in 1904 aged eight.