Lieder und Gesänge aus 'Wilhelm Meister', Op.98a (Schumann, Robert)

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Editor Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Publisher. Info. Robert Schumanns Werke, Serie XIII:
Für eine Singstimme, mit Begleitung des Pianoforte

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1882. Plate R.S. 145.
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Editor Max Friedlaender (1852-1934)
Publisher. Info. Sämtliche Lieder, Band III: Originalausgabe (Hohe Stimme) (No.2385a) [nos. 2-9]
Sämtliche Lieder, Band II: Originalausgabe (Hohe Stimme) (No.2384a) [no. 1]
Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d.[ca.1920]. Plate 10020, 9559.
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Editor "Alfred Dörffel" (1821-1905)
Max Friedlaender (1852-1934)
Publisher. Info. Sämtliche Lieder, Band III: Ausgabe für mittlere Stimme (No.2385b) [nos. 2-9]
Sämtliche Lieder, Band II: Ausgabe für mittlere Stimme (No.2384b) [no. 1]
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[ca.1920]. Plate 7097, 9310.
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Editor Max Friedlaender (1852-1934)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, Ed.2385, n.d.(ca.1885). Plate 7097.
Post-1950 printing (Frankfurt)
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Work Title Lieder und Gesänge aus 'Wilhelm Meister'
Alternative. Title Die Lieder Mignon’s, des Harfners und Philinen’s aus Göthe’s Wilhelm Meister.
Composer Schumann, Robert
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.98a
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IRS 77
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 9 songs:
  1. Mignon (Kennst du das Land) (Langsam, die beiden letzten Verse mit gesteigertem Ausdruck.  = 69.) (Mignon) Identical to the final song of Op. 79 (numbered as either #28 or #29)
  2. Ballade des Harfners (Mit freiem declamatorischen Vortrag.  = 104.) (Harfner)
  3. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Langsam, sehr gehalten.  = 63.) (Mignon)
  4. Wie nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß (Erst langsam, dann heftiger.  = 84.) (Harfner)
  5. Heiss' mich nicht reden (Mit freiem leidenschaftlichem Vortrag) (Mignon)
  6. Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt (Mit tief melancholischem Ausdruck.  = 63.) (Harfner)
  7. Singet nicht in Trauertönen (Munter  = 138) (Philine.)
  8. An die Thüren will ich schleichen (Langsam.  = 84.) (Harfner)
  9. So lasst mich scheinen, bis ich werde. (Langsam.  = 76.) (Mignon)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1849
First Publication. 1851 - Breitkopf und Härtel (plate 8372)
Librettist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Language German
Average DurationAvg. Duration 25 minutes (complete cycle)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice(s?), piano

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May for dramatic clarity require 3 singers. (The recordings above of all or most of the cycle do use at least two.) Title wasn't even originally Lieder und Gesänge, just "Lieder" (of Mignon, Harfner and Philine...); title Lieder und Gesänge seems to be posthumous and may refer to the overall title of the Breitkopf collected edition?... the title of the apparently very rare first edition (I can only seem to find it offhand at an Australian library, though perhaps some Austrian and other libraries have it too)- op.98a to the op.98b secular requiem that was associated with it - was "Die Lieder Mignon’s, des Harfners und Philinen’s aus Göthe’s Wilhelm Meister". (Ah, no, my mistake, these and these.