12 Lieder, Op.9 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

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Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 19
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1877. Plate M.B. 142.
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Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1880).
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Publisher. Info. Sämtliche Lieder - für eine Singstimme und Klavier (Ausgabe für tiefe Stimme)
Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d. Plate 9995.
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Publisher. Info. Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1989. Plate HN 927.
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Work Title 12 Lieder
Alternative. Title
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.9
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFM 83
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 12 songs (9 by Felix, 3 by Fanny Hensel née Mendelssohn):
  1. Frage, MWV K 39
    (Con moto, A major, 1827, 24 bars)
  2. Geständnis, MWV K 41
    (Allegro con moto, D major, 1829, 26 bars)
  3. Romanze. Wartend, MWV K 42
    (Allegro con moto, D major, 1829, 29 bars)
  4. Im Frühling, MWV K 52
    (Allegro vivace, D major, 1830, 61 bars)
  5. Im Herbst, MWV K 38
    (Andante, F minor, 1827, 24 bars)
  6. Scheidend, MWV K 50
    (Sehr ruhig, E major, 1830, 27 bars)
  7. Fanny Hensel: Sehnsucht
    (Allegro e vivace, E major)
  8. Frühlingsglaube, MWV K 51
    (Allegro e vivace, E major, 1830, 43 bars)
  9. Ferne, MWV K 53
    (Lebhaft, aber sanft, E major, 1830, 36 bars)
  10. Fanny Hensel: Verlust
    (Allegro con fuoco, A minor)
  11. Entsagung, MWV K 54
    (Andante con moto, F major, 1830, 34 bars)
  12. Fanny Hensel: Die Nonne
    (Andante con moto, A minor)
Text Incipit 1. Ist es wahr
2. Kennst du nicht das Glutverlangen
3. Sie trug einen Falken auf ihrer Hand
4. Ihr frühlingstrunknen Blumen
5. Ach, wie schnell die Tage fliehen
6. Wie so gelinde die Flut bewegt
7. Fern und ferner schallt der Reigen
8. Die linden Lüfte sind erwacht
9. In weite ferne will ich träumen
10. Und wüssten's die Blumen
11. Herr, zu dir will ich mich retten
12. Im stillen Klostergarten
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1827, 1829–30
First Publication. 1830 - Berlin: Schlesinger'sche Buch- und Musikhandlung (in 2 Hefte of 6 songs)
Librettist 1. Composer
2. Eduard Devrient
3-4. Johann Gustav Droysen
5. Karl Klingemann
6-7. Johann Gustav Droysen
8. Ludwig Uhland
9. Johann Gustav Droysen
10. Heinrich Heine
11. Johann Gustav Droysen
12. Ludwig Uhland
Language German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice, piano
Related Works The theme of 1. Frage was later worked into Mendelssohn's String Quartet No.2, Op.13