Part Songs on Poems by Geibel (Christoph Dalitz, 2010)
- Disposition: four part choir (SATB or TTBB)
- Composer: Christoph Dalitz
- First Publication: 2010
- Text: Emanuel Geibel (1815-1884)
- License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (No. 3)
Emanuel Geibel was the most popular German lyricist in the 19th century. His formally perfect, pathetic and sentimental poems have been set to music by many of his contemporaries (e.g. Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn).
Even I could not resist to set some of his poems to music in a romantic sentimental style. When the pieces are sung with the appropriate attitude and singing style (portamento, tempo rubato and dynamics), they are a real fun to sing!
"Ehespruch" is a nice serenade for weddings etc. "Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden" is one of the best known poems by Geibel. It was also set by Mendelssohn as a solo song with piano accompaniment. My setting is unrelated to Mendelssohn's.
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- Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden.
- Edition for mixed choir (SATB) (three A4 pages, 81kB)
- Editions for equal voices: men's choir (TTBB), women's choir (SSAA) (three A4 pages, 81kB)
- Ehespruch
- Edition for mixed voices: mixed choir (SATB) (two A4 pages, 57kB)
- Editions for equal voices: men's choir (TTBB), women's choir (SSAA) (two A4 pages, 57kB)
- Ach wie wär es nicht zu tragen.
- Edition for mixed choir (SATB) (two A4 pages, 81kB)