Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897):
EINFÖRMIG IST DER LIEBE GRAM
A wonderful canon for female chorus a cappella.
The score in this video is from the first edition of 1891 (C. F. Peters, Leipzig). It has been scanned by the Brahms-Institut in Lübeck and can be found here:
http://imslp.org/wiki/
Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram,
ein Lied eintöniger Weise,
und immer noch, wo ich's vernahm,
mitsummen musst' ich's leise.
(Friedrich Rückert)
Love's grief is monotonous,
a song with but a single tune,
and always when I heard it,
I had to hum it too.
The Monteverdi Choir
Directed by John Eliot Gardiner
Thanks for your observation, I didn't know that. I just listened to the Schubert song with Quasthoff and Barenboim. It's is very beautiful as well, I think.
stigekalder 2 years ago 2
The theme of this canon is from Schubert's winterreise lied "Der Leiermann".
VFellhn 2 years ago