Robert schumann dichterliebe
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Inside Schumann's Dichterliebe
The year 1840, often called the Liederjahr (‘Year of Song’), saw an extraordinary outpouring of music from Robert Schumann, almost all of it song – no fewer than 138 in total.
Robert schumann dichterliebe
And standing out, head and shoulders above this expanse of miniatures, are five song-cycles, three of which the tenor James Gilchrist has recorded for Linn: both of the Liederkreis cycles as well as Dichterliebe, with his regular piano partner Anna Tilbrook.
So, armed with a score of Dichterliebe, I went to visit him at his home in Cheltenham.
Dichterliebe was published by CF Peters, and the elegant frontispiece carries a dedication to ‘Frau Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient’, the celebrated soprano who would later create the Wagner roles of Senta (The Flying Dutchman) and Venus in Tannhäuser.
Are there any implications, I wondered, for male singers, in terms of transpositions?
‘Generally, music written for a soprano works perfectly for the tenor,’ explains James