Arnold Schoenberg: Erwartung op. 17 (Excerpts)

[singdoch]

who is the singer?

[ascvideo]

@singdoch

Isoldé Elchlepp (see: 0:35)

[quakercub]

A remarkable work. One of the great pieces of lyric theater. I have a great recording of Jessye Norman singing this. Hair-raising!!

[dancngraindrop02]

I saw this performed live by the Seattle Opera and it was beautiful!! The lyrics are incredibly poetic... "I'll kiss you with my last breathe and never let you go"

Absolutely beautiful to watch!

[chitsevermag301]

have you got the lyrics translated? Or can you say me how to find them?

[dancngraindrop02]

No I don't have the lyrics translated but when I watched the live performance of it by the Seattle Opera they had it translated on a reader board above the stage. I just remember that particular line from it since I thought it was so beautiful. I'm sure if you wanted to know the whole thing translated you could contact the Seattle Opera. I'm sure they probably have some manuscript they could send.

[edegeorg]

I would assume that this is very difficult to sing. This woman does a great job. A little bit lighter voice than I have previously heard do this.

[beckywixon94]

this is my music homework aha : listen to this :/

[fenderrz]

saaame

[livvy1990]

@beckywixon94 mine tooo, lol

[Geertmuziek]

@livvy1990  mine too, haha

[Dundsany]

Bueno, hay cosas mejores, desde luego.

[candymintz]

I went to school (Watford) with Oliver Knusson, (1962) same class, taught him how to ride a bike, Oliver used to play the piano at morning assembly, a musical genius...

[NosledCire]

Dear bassman462 - please show me extended examples of what you're talking about - because they don't exist... Also serialism and pantonality are not synonymous. Please check your facts before posting...

[Szaam]

Either way, Schoenberg's a genius.

[Javixukuroneko]

Mmmm...vaya locura...

[bassman462]

Both R. Strauss and R. Wagner wrote completely atonal music but never actually used it. They saw no vitality in it and wrote much the way Schoenberg did in his early days. Schoenberg was not only the first composer to actually take the step into complete atonality publicly, but was also the inventor of Serial ism, a pantonality as Schoenberg preferred to call it.

[NosledCire]

Dear bassman462 - please show me extended examples of what you're talking about - because they don't exist... Also serialism and pantonality are not synonymous. Please check your facts before posting...

[bassman462]

Allen Forte and George Perle have a number of books out on dodecaphony if you'd like to learn more about it.

[mazurmusic7]

I'm afraid you'd have to prove this...

"Both R. Strauss and R. Wagner wrote completely atonal music but never actually used it. They saw no vitality in it and wrote much the way Schoenberg did in his early days. Schoenberg was not only the first composer to actually take the step into complete atonality publicly, but was also the inventor of Serial ism, a pantonality as Schoenberg preferred to call it."

Before I'd believe it.

It doesn't exist.

[GTD13447]

R. Strauss did it first but did not use it. Maybe he didn't like it or didn't see any future for it.

[APerfectDayElise]

Way ahead of his time. Avant Garde before Bjork, Diamanda, Klaus, or Yoko were even born. lol.

[filthysoap]

what?

[APerfectDayElise]

People credit these artists as being completely original with their styles......the atonality. Arnold used the atonal method light years before them. :)

[CzarDodon]

But Schoenberg is credited with being the first composer to explore atonality extensively .... I didn't know was an obscure fact anywhere

[homegirrl]

That's an interesting way to look at it.