Classical Composer: | Schubert, Franz |
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Lyricist: | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von |
Work: | An den Mond, D. 296 |
Year Composed: | 1815 |
Instrumentation: | v, pf |
Publisher: | Breitkopf & Härtel |
Duration: | 00:06:00 |
Period: | Romantic |
Work Category: | Vocal |
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Schubert wrote a second version of An den Mond (D. 296) in the same year as his first version (1815). The second version goes beyond the simple strophic song. This time Schubert includes the expressive, passionate fifth, sixth and seventh verses and creates a fittingly heart-rending musical form. Yet it was the simpler shortened version, with its catchy four-bar melody and its anticipated and repeated prelude, interlude and postlude which Schubert prepared for the so-called "second song book for Goethe", a volume which was probably intended to follow in its predecessor's footsteps, had this been positively received.
Writer: Keith Anderson
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