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This cycle contains twenty-five songs, of which, however, only twenty were set to music by Schubert. Each of these songs forms in itself a perfect whole, although it is only a part of the whole cycle. The idea of musically illustrating certain feelings and sensations, in all their stages of development, Beethoven, too, has expressed in his "Liederkreis;" but, besides the difference in the subjects, the treatment by Beethoven must be considered ore according to the strict rules of the classical school, while Schubert, in his Miller Songs, displays all the charm of true romanticism. Next to the "Müllerlieder," is the cycle "Die Winterreise" (The Winter Journey), words also by Müller, to which our attention is called. It contains twenty-four songs, mostly of a dark and melancholy characSchubert real the proofs of the second part of this cycle only a few days before his death. A great interest is attached to his "Songs of Ossian." In these the composer was to give warmth and life to the fogs and cold of the unfriendly fields of Caledonia, to illustrate, in vivid ter. colors, the roaring of the rapid [stream, the stillness of the heath and the moor, the playing of the Will-o'-the-wisp, and the storming call to the hunt, as well as to musically picture long and descriptive poems like "The Night" and "Loda's Ghost," in such a way as not to become monotonous. If we look at the masterly treatment of this difficult subject, as done by Schubert, then only nineteen years old, as well as at the intimate knowledge of right accentuation and prosody he exhibited in them, we do not know of any other composer who, under similar circumstances, could have done as well as he did. Just as the first chords of the Ossian Songs remove us at once to a desolate and misty land, so, again, it is the atmosphere of romanticism and medieval knightdom which we breathe in listening to Schubert's illustration of Scott's "Lady of the Lake," "The Pirate," and "Richard Coeur de Lion." He never misses the appropriate expression for the most varied and strange subjects and situations, and just as he hits upon the right tone for the poems by Scott, so does he make us feel, in his treatment of the two poems, "Subika," the sultriness and the fragrancy of the sunny Orient. Some of the most well-known and charming songs of Schubert are those which he wrote in the latter part of his life, and which, numbering fourteen, were published under the title "Schwanengesang" (Swan's Songs). It is among these that we find his last composition, "Die Tauhenpost" (Pigeon's Post), as well as his popular Serenade. The songs by Schubert are a world in themselves. There is scarcely one phase of human life which has not found its musical expression in them. Love and hatred, joy and sadness, defiance and resignation, gentleness and anger-every passion, as given to men-has been illustrated, and the deepest secrets of the human heart are brought to light, sometimes in tones of sweetness and tenderness, but often, also, in those of deep and mighty passion. A large list of Schubert's songs was formerly in the hands of his friend and admirer Pinterics, and is now owned by the music-publishing house of Spina, in Vienna. It contains 505 numbers, but is said not to be complete. Of the songs for more voices, by Schubert, only the smaller part are strictly vocal, the others are with obligato accompaniment of the pianoforte, the guitar, the melodeon, and the organ. They are for three, four, five, and eight voices; there are also double choruses among them, for men's and female voices alone, but mostly for mixed chorus, with and without solo. To songs without accompaniment belong the following ones for men's voices:- Jünglings wonne Liebe; Zum Rundetanz and Die Nacht (Night), words by Matthison; Die Flucht, by Lappe; Rauberlied, An des Frühling, Fischerlied, Der Entfernten, Der Wintertag, and the Quartet "Es rieselt klar und wehend "-sung for the first time at the inauguration of the tablet of memory on Schubert's house of birth, in Vienna. To these strictly vocal songs must be added the Canons a tre, composed in 1813; The Gravedigger's Song, Elysium, by Schiller, for two tenors and bass; Holz's Mai Song, for two sopranos and bass; Chorus of the Angels, from Faust, composed in 1816; Trio on the occasion of the birthday of his father, for two tenors and bass; Duo, Abendroth, by Kosegarten, and Klage um Aly Bey, each for three voices; Prayer, by De la Motte Fouque; and the Dance, quartets for mixed voices; the 92d Psalm, in Hebrew, for two baritones, soprano, alto, and bass, composed in 1828; Song in the Open Air, by Salis, quartet for men's voices, composed in 1817; "Wer Lebenslust Fühlet," quartet for two sopranos, tenor, and bass, composed in 1818. Further, the choruses: Das Grah, by Salis; Bergknappenlied, Trinklied vor der Schlacht, Schwertlied, Punschlied im Norden zu Singen, for two voices; Jagdlied, by Zacharias Werner; Lützow's Wilde Jagd, composed in 1815; Der Morgenstern and Jagerlied, by Korner, for two voices and two horns; Battle Song, by Klopstock, for three voices; and the beautiful double chorus, for men's voices, Schlachtlied, by Klopstock, composed in 1827. To those with obligato piano-forte accompaniment belong the wellknown quartets for men's voices:-Das Dorfehen, Die Nachtigal, Geist der Liebe, Wider spruch, Der Gondelfahrer, Im Gegenwartigen, Ver gangenes, Nachtgesang im Walde, Frühlingslied, Naturgenuss, Nat musik, by Seckendorf; Trinklied, from the fourteenth century, fom the historical antiquities, by Ritsgraff; and the Boating Song, from Scott's Lady of the Lake. Further, the two comical trios-The Lawyers, for two tenors and bass, and the Wedding Meal, by Schober, for soprano, tenor, and bass; An die Sonne, quartet for mixed voices, composed in 1816; Der Schickalslenker, Gott in Unge witter, Gott der Weltschoepfer, Hymne an den Unendlichen, Gott in der Natur, also for mixed voices; the Psalm "Gott ist mein Hirt," for female chorus (four voices); Nachthelli and Standchen, for solo and female chorus; Der Mondenschein, by Schober, quintet for men's voices (two tenors and three basses); Coronach, Death's Song, from Scott's "Lady of the Lake," for two sopranos and alto; Minjam's Siegesgesang, for soprano and alto, solo and mixed chorus; at last, the chorus for eight men's voices, "Seklachtlied," by Korner; and also the "Hymn" for eight voices; this last one, also, with accompaniment of wind instruments. The following songs for several voices are with accompaniment of the orchestra:-The chorus "Auf den Sieg der Deutschen," accompanied by violins, and violoncellos; Song of the Spirits over the Waters, by Goethe, chorus for eight voices, with accompaniment of violins, violoncellos, and bass-viols, composed in 1817; and the cantatas Der Frühlings morgen, Empfindungs Aeusseungen des Witwten-Institutes der Schullehrer Wiens für den Stifter und Vorsteher der selben, Domherrn Spendu,* for solo, chorus, and orchestra, composed in 1818-1819; Glaube, Hoffnung, und Liebe (Faith, Hope, and Love), for men's and mixed chorus (accompaniment of wind instruments), by Reil, which has, unfortunately, not been preserved; Prometheus, composed in 1816; Die Erweckung des Lazarus, Easter cantata for singing and orchestra, of which, however, only the first part was composed (in 1820); and Volkslied, by Deinkartstein, for chorus and orchestra, performed in February, 1822, on the celebration of the birthday of the Emperor Franz. The Constitution), and is as such designated, with op. 157, in the catalogue same song was published in 1848 as "Constitutionslied" (Song of the of Schubert's works. The longest title, probably, ever given to a cantata, as may be seen from the English translation-" Uttering of Feelings of the Members of the Institute of Widows of the Schoolmasters of Vienna for the Founder and Director of the same." This cantata consists in a solo for bass, a solo for soprano (the wife's), chorus of the children, solo of the mother, a duo between the widow and an orphan, a solo of the bass, chorus of the widows, again, a solo for bass, and a quartet for mixed voices. The piano score was written by Ferd. Schubert. Per haps this cantata is worthy of the attention of our Professors of School Music-TRANSLATOR + Performed in New York. Also performed in New York.-TRANS (To be continued.) MUSIC IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS.-Another exercise which should enter into every scheme of primary instruction, is vocal music. Its claims to public recognition as a regular school exercise, rest upon its value as a means of cultivating the ear to a nice discrimination of sounds, and of the vocal organs to an accurate utterance of the notes of the gamut -upon the rich and pure fountain of enjoyment which it opens to its possessors—but especially upon its blessed and tranquilizing influence upon the minds and hearts of the children in the school-room. As an auxiliary in government, its aid is invaluable.-New York Teacher. |