Description
Instrumentation: trio (soprano 1 and 2, alto)
Edition: choir score
Publisher: Barbara Gabler, Tilla Stöhr
Difficulty: easy to medium
For merry events and for performances in house con-certs, the “Sunday Music Performances”, Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn composed numerous vocal duos and trios. For this edition the five most beautiful a-cappella-pieces out of altogether nine trios have been chosen. All of Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohns vocal trios are written for two female voices and tenor. The performance by S1, A1 and A2, as well as S1, S2 and A, is however just as well possible without problems. Level of difficulty: Easy to medium.
Contents:
Wiedersehn
Fanny Hensel’s first vocal trio was written in 1829. Text: Johann Gustav Droysen.
Frühzeitiger Frühling
Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Abschied
Text: Heinrich Heine
Wandl’ ich in dem Wald des Abends
Fanny Hensel composed this vocal trio on 20.6.1835 and dedicated it to Rosa von Woringen. The text is derived from the cycle Seraphine by Heinrich Heine.
Winterseufzer
The text writer is not noted on the music sheet.
