Collection of first and early editions of 30 songs for voice and piano
[1893-1923].
Contains:
[Op. 2, No. 6]. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer. Hoch. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [M.B. 351], 1898. 5 pp.
[Op. 3, No. 3]. Mein Herz ist wie die dunkle Nacht. Neue Aufage. Frankfurt A/M: B. Firnberg [B.F. 70c], [ca. 1893]. 5 pp.
[Op. 4, No. 1]. Es glänzt so schön die sinkende Sonne. Frankfurt A/M: B. Firnberg [B.F. 71a], [1893]. 5 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 4, No. 3]. Es fällt ein Stern herunter. Frankfurt A/M: B. Firnberg [B.F. 71c], [1893]. 5 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 4, No. 4]. Es fasst mich wieder der alte Mut. Frankfurt A/M: B. Firnberg [B.F. 71d], [1893]. 5 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 5, No. 1]. Frieden. Morgenwolkchen, leichte, weben. Tiefe. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner [A. 4740 F.], 1894. 5 pp.
[Op. 9, No. 1]. Der Gärtner. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [M.B. 331], 1898. 5 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 9, No. 2]. Die Einsame. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [M.B. 332], 1898. 5 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 9, No. 3]. Im Herbst. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [M.B. 333], 1898. 5 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 11, No. 1]. Ich und Du, für mittlere Stimme. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [M.B. 439], 1902. 3 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 11, No. 4]. Venus mater, für tiefe Stimme. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [M.B. 617], 1902. 7 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 11, No. 5]. Gretel, für tiefe Stimme. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [M.B. 444], 1902. 7 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 15, No. 1]. Leierkastenmann. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [J.F. 2019], [1906]. 7 pp.
[Op. 15, No. 4]. Sonst. Ausgabe für tiefe Stimme. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [J.F. 2022], [1906]. 7 pp.
[Op. 19, No. 2]. Michaelskirchplatz. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [M.B. 522], 1906. 5 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 24, No. 1]. Unter der Linden. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [M.B. 572], 1909. 7 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 26, No. 1]. Gebet. [Tief]. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [M.B. 632b], 1916. 5 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 26, No. 2]. Nachts. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [M.B. 633a], 1916. 5 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 26, No. 4]. Trauerstille. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [M.B. 635a], 1916. 5 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 26, No. 5]. Mailied. [Tief]. Leipzig: Max Brockhaus [M.B. 636b], 1916. 5 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 29, No. 1]. Abbitte. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner [A. 7716 F.], 1922. 5 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 29, No. 2]. Herbsthauch. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner [A. 7717 F.], 1922. 6 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 30, No. 1]. Sehnsucht nach Vergessen. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner [A. 7720 F.], 1922. 6 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 30, No. 2]. Das verlassene Mägdlein. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner [A. 7721 F.], 1922. 5 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 30, No. 3]. Denk es, o Seele. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner [A. 7722 F.], 1922. 5 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 32, No. 1]. Hussens Kerker. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner [A. 7746 F.], 1923. 8 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 32, No. 2]. Säerspruch. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner [A. 7747 F.], 1923. 6 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 32, No. 3]. Eingelegte Ruder. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner [A. 7748 F.], 1923. 6 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 32, No. 4]. Lass scharren deiner Rosse Huf. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner [A. 7749 F.] 1923. 6 pp. First Edition.
[Op. 33]. Alte Weisen: 8 Gedichte von Gottfried Keller. Berlin: Adolph Fürstner [PN A. 7790-7799 F.], 1923. 21 pp. in 2 volumes.
All folio and unbound, as issued.
A few scores quite browned; some older wrappers split and chipped. In good antiquarian condition overall.
First and early editions. Williamson, pp. 353-359.
Hans Pfitzner went from being criticized for not following tradition to being ostracized for holding on to tradition. He was caught first in the middle of a mass upheaval in Western music and, later, in the tortuous transformation of Germany. He wrote in all genres, and experienced the most success with his stage works in the early years of the century. This afforded him opportunities to teach and conduct at conservatories in Berlin and Strassburg. A series of tragedies, both national and personal, beset the composer beginning with Germany losing World War I and continuing through the loss of his wife, friends, and children. With Alsace-Lorraine handed back to the French, Pfitzner was sent from Strassburg to Munich, where he came into contact with Hitler; his fate became inextricably linked to the Nazi party despite maintaining an apolitical stance and mostly withdrawing from public view.
Pfitzner wrote songs throughout his life, contributing his voice to the German Lied tradition. He set texts by a range of German poets, from the medieval Minnesinger Walther von der Vogelweide to his friend and contemporary Ilse von Stach. Canonical figures such as Goethe, Schiller, Rückert, Eichendorff, Heine, and Mörike are naturally found in abundance.
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