Der Himmel voller Geigen

Anthologie: Konzertstücke, Vortragsstücke, Salonstücke

History

The series started in ca. 1895. Singen und Klingen, a companion series for cello edited by van Lier, Press, Kummer etc, with at least 73 items was published at the same time.
As can be seen from the covers below, items were classified in three levels of difficulty: leicht (easy), mittel (medium) and schwer (difficult).

Editors

• Willy Burmester (1869-1933)
• Michael Press (1872-1938)
• Karl Nowotny (1858-1939)
• Gustav Hollaender (1855-1915)
• August Wilhelmj (1845-1908)
• Richard Tourbié (1902-1976)
• Emil Bohnke (1888-1928)
• Theobald Rehbaum (1835-1918)

Publishers

• Schlesinger

Template

Contents

1st series

100 items including:

• 6 Walzer Gustav Holländer
• 15 La musette : air de ballet du 17e siècle. Jacques Offenbach Ad Grünwald
• 25 Venezianisches Ständchen (Hoffmann, Karl)
• 28 Zwölf Stücke : Op.38 No.4 In der Mühle. Gustav Hollaender
• 32 Romanze, Op.4 (Petersen, John)
• 34 La mélancolie by Georg Hellmesberger
• 38 Romanze : aus der Sonate für Violine und klavier, Op.7 Juon
• 39 Am Meer Franz Schubert
• 48 Burleske : Op.5, No.2 Th Rehbaum
• 49 Das Grab auf der Haide, Op.30 (Heiser, Wilhelm)
• 55 Pastorale : Op.147 Spohr; Carl Nowotny
• 57 Zigeunerlust, Op.60 No.3 (Stern, Julius G.)
• 59 Teufel-Polonaise : Op.32 Gust Graben-Hoffmann
• 61 Kanzonetta (aus dem Violinkonzert), Op.35, Tchaikovski,
• 70 Elegie, Op.11 (Böhmer, Alexander)
• 74 Juon Arioso, Op.28 No.2
• 75 Staendchen, Op.6 Hanicki
• 78 Romanze Mestrino
• 79 Die Biene = L 'abeille = The bee, Op.13, No.9 Francois Schubert; Michael Press
• 83 Tendre aveu : pensée intime Op.8 Alfred Nemours
• 85 Perpetuum Mobile :Paganini August Wilhelmj.
• 86 Juon Ballade, Op.28 No.1
• 88 Romanze: Op.10 August Wilhelmj
• 90 Hochhzeitsmarsch : Op.61 No. 4 Mendelssohn- Julius Stern
• 91 Barcarole : Op.135, No. 1 Louis Spohr Carl Nowotny
• 97 Juon Rondo, Op.28 No.4
• 100 Larghetto von W.A. Mozart : (Op.108 K.581) August Wilhelmj
  

Second Series

100 items

• 101 Slavischer Tanz : op. 39 No 2 : Polka Dvořák Bohnke　
• 102 Nocturne Sibelius Press
• 103 2 böhmische Vokslieder Drdla
• 104 Kavatine : Op.85 No.3 Raff Michael Press
• 105 Barcarolle Op.19 No.2 Juon Vecsey
• 112 Deutsche Tänze No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven Hollaender
• 126 Wagner Albumblatt Press
• 128 Wagner Preislied Press
• 129 Wagner Spinnerlied Press
• 130 Wagner stillen Herd Rehfeld
• 131 Wagner Abendstern Rehfeld
• 132 Wagner Brautlied Rehfeld
• 133 Wagner Pilgerchor Rehfeld
• 134 Funeral March Chopin
• 140 Schubert
• 141 Schubert
• 142 Schubert
• 143 Schubert
• 147 Vöglein's Abendlied, Op.71 Richards
• 151 Valse lente : aus dem Ballet "Coppelia" Léo Delibes Rich Tourbié
• 155 Chanson russe : Op.31 Sydney Smith; Richard Tourbié
• 157 Behüt' dich Gott, es wär zu schön gewesen : aus der Oper: "Der Trompeter von Säkkingen" Viktor E Nessler; Richard Tourbié
• 170 Juon Arva Op.52 No.2
• 198 Juon Sarika Op.52 No.1
• 2 Kleine Stücke by Robert Schumann; Willy Burmester

Comments

The title (Heaven (or the sky) is full of violins (or fiddles)) is an allusion to a German expression meaning something like "all fine and dandy" but implying that the situation could deteriorate before long. Some dictionaries suggest that it comes from mediaeval paintings in which angels in heaven are depicted playing violins.
Many of these works seem to have been reprinted in the graded series Die Wundergeige in the 1920s.

Images

Typical cover, 1st series

Typical cover, 2nd series