Song of Destiny Op. 54
Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
[mix ch,orch] duration: 12' choir: SATB – 2.2.2.2 – 2.2.3.0 – timp – str
Description
Brahms told us that early that morning he had found Hölderlins poems in the bookcase, and had been deeply moved by the Schicksalslied. When, later in the day we sat down on the shore to rest, we discovered Brahms at a great distance, sitting alone on the beach and writing. These were the first sketches for the Song of Destiny, which was published shortly thereafter. (Albert Dietrich, Summer 1869)
The conductor Hermann Levi, a friend of Brahms, prepared a piano-vocal score of the work in 1871, prior to the works publication. Brahms revised it upon receiving it. He wanted a symphonic sound from the piano part; what he created fully corresponds to the monumentality of the Song of Destiny.
PB 3220
score
EAN: 9790004200568
40 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 197 g / stapled
PB 3220D
score
EAN: 9790004820070
40 pages / 25 x 32 cm / digital edition
EB 8294
piano vocal score
EAN: 9790004183687
32 pages / 19 x 27 cm / 105 g / stapled
EB 8294D
piano vocal score
EAN: 9790004812990
33 pages / 19 x 27 cm / digital edition
OB 3220-15
violin 1
EAN: 9790004301241
8 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 50 g / stapled
OB 3220-16
violin 2
EAN: 9790004301258
4 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 38 g / stapled
OB 3220-19
viola
EAN: 9790004301265
4 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 38 g / stapled
OB 3220-23
violoncello
EAN: 9790004301272
4 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 33 g / stapled
OB 3220-27
double bass
EAN: 9790004301289
4 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 33 g / stapled
OB 3220-30
wind parts
EAN: 9790004301296
34 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 168 g / folder
Description
Description
Brahms told us that early that morning he had found Hölderlins poems in the bookcase, and had been deeply moved by the Schicksalslied. When, later in the day we sat down on the shore to rest, we discovered Brahms at a great distance, sitting alone on the beach and writing. These were the first sketches for the Song of Destiny, which was published shortly thereafter. (Albert Dietrich, Summer 1869)
The conductor Hermann Levi, a friend of Brahms, prepared a piano-vocal score of the work in 1871, prior to the works publication. Brahms revised it upon receiving it. He wanted a symphonic sound from the piano part; what he created fully corresponds to the monumentality of the Song of Destiny.