Three Songs op. 12
| Full title | Three Songs for soprano and piano op. 12 / Drei Mädchenlieder op. 12 für eine hohe Franenstimme mit Klavier | |
| Date composed | 1909 | |
| Details |
1. Verliebt / In Love (Annette von Droste-Hülshof; translated into English by Vally Weigl); composed 1908; vocal range: d#'–a'' 2. Es goß mein volles Leben / My Life I Lay Before Thee (Walter Calé; translated by Vally Weigl and Lydia Perera); composed 1908; vocal range: d#'–e'' 3. Lied des Schiffermädels / Song of the Sailor's Girl (Otto Julius Bierbaum; translated by Vally Weigl and Lydia Perera); composed 1910; vocal range: d–g'' Composed in 1909, according to composer's holograph works list of 1938; the original version of this cycle had a fourth number, Mein Herz (Lenau), composed 1908, which subsequently became 5 of the Five Songs for tenor and piano op. 3. Performance duration: ca. 9 min. |
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| Manuscript sources | NYPL JOB 73-106, holograph score, with title altered (in unknown hand) to read 4 Mädchenlieder; see also NYPL JPB 78-21, collection of holographs and copyists' manuscripts. | |
| Publication details | 1920, Edition Strache. Today publisher of record is ACA. | |
| Availabiity | Score available from ACA and KWF. | |
| Recordings | Nos. 2 and 3, Es goß mein volles Leben and Lied des Schiffermädels: Betty Allen and David Garvey (LP: Orion ORS 81407; 1973). Sophie Klußmann and Oliver Triend (CD: Capriccio C5259, Karl Weigl Ausgewählte Lieder, 2015). |
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| Listen |
Three Songs for soprano and piano op. 12: no.1, Verliebt / In Love Three Songs for soprano and piano op. 12, no. 3: Lied des Schiffermädels / Song of the Sailors Girl Three Songs for soprano and piano op. 12: no.2, Es goß mein volles Leben / My Life I Lay Before Thee |
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Performances (click
icon to expand or collapse list)| 8 February 1910*** | Vienna, Großer Ehrbarsaal, Verein für Kunst und Kultur, Kammermusik- und Liederabend moderner Komponisten: Elsa Pazeller, soprano; Karl Weigl, piano (nos. 1 and 3)***. Also on the program: Weigl’s Dank and Three Songs op. 12 nos. 1 and 3, as well as Conrad Ansorge, Cello Sonata op. 24; Franz Schreker, Five Songs for low voice; Bruno Walter, Six Eichendorff Songs; and Anton Webern, Stefan George Songs and Five Movements for string quartet op. 5. |
| 1 April 1925 | Vienna, Kleiner Konzerthaussaal, Kompositions-Abend Karl Weigl: Emilie Bittner, soprano; Karl Weigl, piano (nos. 2 and 3). |
| 11 October 1956 | New York, Austrian Institute, Carnegie Recital Hall, Wolf-Mahler-Weigl Evening: Charlotte Holloman, soprano; Vally Weigl, piano (no. 3). Also on program: Hugo Wolf, songs; Gustav Mahler, songs; introduction by Carleton Sprague-Smith. |
| 29 January 1966 | New York, The Brooklyn Museum Concert Series and WNYC radio broadcast, Karl Weigl Memorial Program: Esther Hinds, soprano; Vally Weigl, piano (nos. 2 and 3). |
| 9 February 1966 | New York, Austrian Forum: Esther Hinds, soprano; Vally Weigl, piano (nos. 2 and 3). Also on program: Otto Jokl, songs. Gustav Mahler, songs. |
| 3 March 1973 | New York, Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts, Mahler—Weigl Program: Rosalind Rees, soprano; Vally Weigl, piano (no. 3). Also on program: Gustav Mahler, songs and Piano Quartet Movement in A Minor. |
| 2 October 1999 | Budapest, Benczúr Ház, The Music of Karl Weigl Memorial Concerts, concert 1: Three Songs op. 12 nos. 2 and 3, Love Songs op. 22 nos. 3 and 4, and Love Song (Evelyn Chih-Yih Chan and Bárkányi Eva); Two Pieces for cello op. 33 (Maróth Balint and Bárkányi Eva); Five Duets for soprano and baritone (Evelyn Chih-Yih Cha, Michael Kutner and Bárkányi Eva); String Quartet No. 4 (Akadémia Quartet [Környei Zsófia, Bodó Antónia, Móré László, Maróth Bálint)]. |
