Review (PDF) Gurrelieder For Soloists, Chorus And Orchestra (Dover Music Scores)
This ambitious work by one of the 20th century's great musical innovators calls for five solo voices, a speaker, three male choruses, and an eight-part mixed chorus. Schoenberg based his monumental achievement on a German translation of a poem by the Danish writer Jens Peter Jacobsen. This comprehensive edition features the original text of Songs of Gurre, as well as a German singing translation and a new English translation.
Series: Dover Music Scores
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications; 1St Edition edition (July 17, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486410900
ISBN-13: 978-0486410906
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 0.5 x 12.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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This a facsimile of the standard piano reduction of an early Schoenberg work. The Gurre Lieder epitomize the post-Wagnerian genre but also introduce a lot of Schoenberg future techniques (e.g., "Sprachgesang").The piano reduction makes it easy to follow this rather complex score (the Conductor or the study version of the scores is very rewarding but challenging). The piano reduction has been done by Alban Berg, a marvelous musicien himself and friend and student of Schoenberg. So the reduction is outstandingly well done and in particular all the important harmonic information is very clear. More than a piano reduction, this vocal score is an abtraction of this suberp score.If you love the piece, you may also want to have the complete score. Even if you have the conductor score and love it, this version will add to your understanding of the piece.
It is a great piano reduction of one of my favorite pieces. I bought it in the official edition (much more expansive...). As one reviwer mentionned, this is not the orchestral score. But for most of us, it will do as well.
An excellent clearly printed vocal score. The piano transcription is by Berg that would need simplification for most pianists to play. There is a translation of the German text given on separate pages with rehearsal numbers relating to the score. There is a good Introduction by Robert Rimm - a Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania - and a Glossary of German terms used in the score that is very useful.
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