3 Songs, Op.42 (Brahms, Johannes)

		Movements/Sections 3 Composition Year 1859–61 Genre Categories Songs; For mixed chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; For mixed chorus, piano; Scores featuring the piano; For chorus with keyboard; German language

Scores

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Editor:

First edition [1868]

Publisher Info.:

Bremen: Aug. Fr.. Cranz, n.d.(1868). Plates 600-602.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

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Editor:

Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857-1929)

Publisher Info.:

Johannes Brahms: Sämtliche Werke. Band 21: Mehrstimmige Gesänge ohne Begleitung
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1926–27. Plate J.B. 115

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General Information

Work Title	3 Songs
Alternative Title	3 Gesänge

Composer	Brahms, Johannes
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.42
Movements/Sections	3
Year/Date of Composition	1859–61
First Performance	No.1 — Vienna, 17 April 1864 No.3 — Munich, 1 February 1874
First Publication	1868?
Librettist	No.1 – Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778–1842) No.2 – Wilhelm Müller (1794–1827) No.3 – James Macpherson (1736–1796) [as "Ossian"]
Language	German
Average Duration	10 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Chorus (SAATBB) + Piano (ad lib)

Misc. Comments

Section Listing

1. Abendständchen ("Hör, es klagt die Flöte wieder")
   Langsam (G major)
2. Vineta ("Aus des Meeres tiefem Grunde")
   Con moto (B major)
3. Darthulas Grabesgesange ("Mädchen von kola, du schläfst!")
   Moderato, ma non troppo (G minor)

Version History

• Composed for 6-part mixed chorus with optional piano accompaniment, 1859–61
• No.2 was arranged for 4-part female chorus, ca.1862 (this version was first published in 1938)

External Links

• The Lied and Art Song Texts Page:
  1. Abendständchen
  2. Vineta
  3. Darthulas Grabesgesang
• Detailed Listening Guide