Five Songs, Op. 22 (Pfitzner)
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Five Songs, Op. 22 (German: Fünf Lieder), is a song cycle by German composer Hans Pfitzner.
Native nameFünf Lieder
Opus22
Year1907
TextJoseph von Eichendorff
Adelbert von Chamisso
Gottfried August Bürger
Adelbert von Chamisso
Gottfried August Bürger
| Five Songs | |
|---|---|
| by Hans Pfitzner | |
| Native name | Fünf Lieder |
| Opus | 22 |
| Year | 1907 |
| Text | Joseph von Eichendorff Adelbert von Chamisso Gottfried August Bürger |
| Language | German |
| Dedication | Johan Messchaert Rudolf Moest Fritz Feinhals Helene Staegemann |
| Published | 1907 - Leipzig |
| Publisher | Max Brockhaus |
| Movements | 5 |
| Scoring | Voice and piano |
Background
Five Songs, Op. 22, was completed in 1907. It set homonymous poems by Joseph von Eichendorff (In Danzig),[1] Adelbert von Chamisso (Tragische Geschichte, taken from his own Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte),[2] and Gottfried August Bürger (Schön Suschen;[3] Gegenliebe, originally published in 1803;[4] and An die Bienen, in 1835).[5] Dedicated respectively to Johan Messchaert (Nos. 1–2), Rudolf Moest (No. 3), Fritz Feinhals (No. 4), and Helene Staegemann (No. 5). It was published in Leipzig in 1907 by long-time publisher Max Brockhaus.[6]