The Tyrolese Melodies (Moscheles, Ignaz)

		Movements/Sections ?3 Volumes of 12 songs each First Publication 1827-1829 Genre Categories Folksongs; Songs; Lieder; Waltzes; Dances; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; For 4 voices, piano; For piano; For 1 player; German language; English language

Sheet Music

• Scores (2)

Scores

 Volumes 1-3
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Editor:

Ignaz Moscheles

Language:

German (Tirol dialect) / English

Translator:

Vols.1-2: William Ball
Vol.3: Thomas Haynes Bayly

Publisher Info.:

London: Willis & Co., 1827, 1828, 1829.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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 "The Village Chorister" (Der Dorf Cantor)
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Publisher Info.:

Robert Cocks & Co's Vocal Quartets, No.36.
London: Robert Cocks & Co., n.d. [1876]

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

SATB and piano - B♭ major

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General Information

Work Title	The Tyrolese Melodies
Alternative Title	The Tyrolese Melodies Arranged for One or Four Voices with an Accompaniment for the Piano Forte by I. Moscheles

Composer	Moscheles, Ignaz
Movements/Sections	?3 Volumes of 12 songs each
First Publication	1827-1829
Librettist	Traditional / Felix Rainer English free-translations: Vols.1-2 - William Ball Vol.3 - Thomas Haynes Bayly
Language	German (Tirol dialect) / English
Dedication	1. Princess Esterhazy 2. Countess St. Antonio 3. Earl Stanhope
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	1 or 4 voices, piano. 1 waltz for piano solo

Misc. Comments

The Tyrolese Melodies sung by the Rainer family were published in various other arrangements by Willis & Co, and other publishers.
The title-page to Volume 1 contains this interesting note (a condensed version is affixed to Volume 3):

The Public are cautioned against Spurious Editions of the Airs now singing by the Tyrolese Family "Rainer" and are respectfully referred by Willis & Co., the only authorized Publishers, to the following Notice:
The Tyrolese Melodies.
We, the undersigned, hereby declare that Mr. Ignace Moscheles has been duly empowered and solely authorized by us to edit the Music and Arrangement of the Song, &c. for publication; to which intent, and with a view to their being accurately rendered, together with the original words they have been carefully noted down by him, under our immediate supervision for that purpose which has not been extended to any other person whomsoever. The free translation of the Words, some of which are written by Felix Rainer, and the adaptation of the same to the Melodies, by Mr. William Ball and Mr. Moscheles, are also made with our united permission and authority, and no copies thereof can be correct or genuine, but such as are or may be issued by Mr. Willis, Music Seller, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, to whom the Publication is assigned
35 Foley Street, London
June 23rd 1827
[signatures of Felix, Anton, Maria, Joseph and Franz Rainer]

Contents

(In the "Volumes 1-3" posted above, the songs also bear English

titles, and those in Vol.2 are numbered 13 through 24.)

Volume 1

The Narrative of the Tyrolese Minstrels

Jodeln [specimen of the yodel]

1. Der Schweizerbue
2. Der Alpen Jäger
3. Sagt er
4. Die Frühlingszeit
5. Die Gamsen
6. All Enk Nachbarsleuten
7. Der Tyroler Landsturm
8. Wann i Morgens früh
9. Das Schüzenlied
10. War's vielleicht um eins?
11. Lauterbach
12. Auf d'Alm

The Jodeln Waltzes

Volume 2

1. Mein Schatz
2. Alpenlied
3. Die Verlassene
4. Der Senderbue
5. Schweizer's Heimweh
6. Der erwachende Frühling
7. Der genügsame Jäger
8. Das Tyrolerlied
9. Der zufriedene Bauer
10. Das Tyrolerleben
11. Der Tyrolerbue
12. Der Dorf Cantor

Volume 3

1. Der lustige Alpenhirt
2. Der Alpenlust
3. Freyheits-Lied
4. Weibertreue
5. Frühlings Lied
6. Der Fischer und sein Weib
7. Wahre Liebe
8. Der Fuhrmann
9. Des Tirolerbuben Lust
10. Die Alpen Dirne
11. Harfen-Gruss
12. Die zufriedene Hirtin