Das Marienleben (The Life of Mary) is a song cycle by German composer Paul Hindemith. The cycle, written for piano and soprano, sets to music a collection of 15 poems by Rainer Maria Rilke that tells the story of the life of Mary.[1] Thirteen years after its 1923 premiere in Frankfurt, Hindemith began extensively revising and reworking the piece, eventually producing a second version which premiered in Hanover in 1948.[2]
A typical performance lasts around an hour and a half.
References
^ abStaff, Rovi. "Das Marienleben, song cycle for soprano & piano, Op. 27". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
^ abKennedy, Michael (1990). "Marienleben, Das". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (3 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 398. ISBN0193113201.
Literature
Wilhelm Sinkovicz: Paul Hindemiths Liederzyklus "Marienleben" und seine beiden Fassungen als Beispiel für den Stilwandel der Musik in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Thesis. Vienna 1993.
External links
Hindemith - Das Marienleben on YouTube (Vocal: Roxolana Roslak; Piano: Glenn Gould)
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