Dichterliebe; Liedercyklus aus dem Buche der Lieder von H. Heine, fu?r eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. Op. 48. [Heft I & II]

Leipzig: C.F. Peters. [August, 1844]. First Edition, First Printing. Upright folio. Title; 2 - 19 pp. Title; 2 - 23 pp. Engraved. [PN] 2867 [I, II]. Without price, as found in the copy at the Robert-Schumann-Haus, Zwickau. Hofmann p. 110; McCorkle p. 208-209. Rare. We have traced only one copy of this historic first edition at auction in the past 30 years. Scattered foxing, mostly the title pages; disbound with remnants along the left edge, else fine.

Schumann completed 130 songs in his annus mirabills 1840 – a considerable vocal output for a composer who had previously produced mostly instrumental music. From that year, the song cycle "Dichterliebe" ( 'A Poet's Love' ) includes settings of 16 texts from Heine's 1822-23 "Lyrisches Intermezzo," originally published as part of the poet's Das Buch der Lieder. The original unpublished version of Schumann's cycle included 4 additional songs and was entitled “20 Lieder und Gesänge aus dem ‘Lyrischen Intermezzo." Following the song-cycles of Franz Schubert, the 'Dichterliebe' of Schumann constitutes part of the central core of the genre and is one of the most beloved, if also enigmatic, works in the Western musical repertoire. (11178)

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