6 songs for mixed choir a cappella, Op. 88

Original title: 6 Lieder.

Scoring: chorus.

Movements / numbers:
1. Neujahrslied, MWV F 28 (1844, 27 bars)
2. Der Glückliche, MWV F 27 (1843, 71 bars)
3. Hirtenlied, MWV F 12 (1839, 46 bars)...Read more

Original title: 6 Lieder.

Scoring: chorus.

Movements / numbers:
1. Neujahrslied, MWV F 28 (1844, 27 bars)
2. Der Glückliche, MWV F 27 (1843, 71 bars)
3. Hirtenlied, MWV F 12 (1839, 46 bars)
4. Die Waldvögelein, MWV F 25 (1843, 22 bars)
5. Deutschland, MWV F 33 (1847, 24 bars)
6. Der wandernde Musikant, MWV F 19 (1840, 35 bars)

Text / literary source: 1. Johann Peter Hebel 2. Joseph von Eichendorff 3. Ludwig Uhland 4. Christian Wilhelm von Schütz 5. Emanuel Geibel 6. Joseph von Eichendorff.

Original language: German.

Dates of individual numbers: 88/1 — 1844; 88/2 — 1843; 88/3 — 1839; 88/4 — 1843; 88/5 — not established; 88/6 — 1840. The collection assembles pieces composed in different years, rather than a continuous period of work on a single composition.

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