Songs Without Words, Book III, Op. 38

Original title: Lieder ohne Worte.

Scoring: piano.

Movements / numbers:
1. Con moto, MWV U 121 (E-flat major, 63 bars)
2. Allegro non troppo, MWV U 115 (C minor, 70 bars)
3. Presto e molto...Read more

Original title: Lieder ohne Worte.

Scoring: piano.

Movements / numbers:
1. Con moto, MWV U 121 (E-flat major, 63 bars)
2. Allegro non troppo, MWV U 115 (C minor, 70 bars)
3. Presto e molto vivace, MWV U 107 (E major, 73 bars)
4. Andante, MWV U 120 (A major, 30 bars)
5. Agitato, MWV U 137 (A minor, 54 bars)
6. Duetto . Andante con moto, MWV U 119 (A-flat major, 51 bars)

Dedication: Rosa von Woringen.

No.1 Con moto in E flat
No.2 Allegro non troppo in C minor `Lost Happiness`
No.3 Presto in E `La harpe du poète`
No.4 Andante in A
No.5 Agitato in A minor `Appassionata`
No.6 Andante con moto in A flat `Duetto`

Composition date: 1835-37.

Dates of individual numbers: 38/1 — 1836; 38/2 — 1835; 38/3 — 1835; 38/4 — 1836; 38/5 — 1837; 38/6 — 1836. The collection assembles pieces composed in different years, rather than a continuous period of work on a single composition.

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