Arnold Schönberg
Das Buch der hängenden Gärten
Short instrumentation: 1 1 1 1 - 1 0 0 0 - perc, hp, vln(2), vla, vc, cb
Duration: 25'
Bearbeitet von: Richard Dünser
Instrumentation details:
flute (+picc)
oboe
clarinet in Bb
bassoon
horn in F
percussion
harp
1st violin
2nd violin
viola
violoncello
contrabass
Schönberg - Das Buch der hängenden Gärten for voice and large ensemble (chamber orchestra)
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Arnold Schönberg
Schönberg: Das Buch der hängenden Gärten - op. 15Orchestration: für mittlere Stimme und großes Ensemble (Kammerorchester)
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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Work introduction
Schönberg composed The Book of the Hanging Gardens shortly before his Erwartung Op. 17 (1909). A setting of 15 poems by Symbolist author Stefan George, it is a highly expressionistic work, in which emotions constantly seem to be near to bursting their bonds, as the agogics in the score evince; ritardandi are followed by “somewhat urgently” and then “calming again,” crescendi and decrescendi alternate, while “agitated expression” is required of the singer.