Early Songs for voice and piano
Song List
Performance Information
Recordings
Song list
Reiterlied (1914), text by Hermann Löns
Im Volkston (1916), text by Arno Holz
Volkslied (1917), text by Anna Ritter
Das schöne Kind (1917), author unknown
Die stille Stadt (1919), text by Richard Dehmel
Performance Information
Performance Materials: All territories: EAMC
First known performances:
"Reiterlied," "Im Volkston," "Volkslied": September 9, 1975, Berlin, Berliner Festwochen, Barry McDaniel, vocalist, Aribert Reimann, piano
"Das schöne Kind": Unknown
"Die stille Stadt": either September 4, 1919, Dessau, Elisabeth Feuge, vocalist, Kurt Weill, piano, or June 22, 1920, Halberstadt, Elisabeth Feuge, vocalist, Kurt Weill, piano
Guide to orchestration, territory abbreviations, and publishers' symbols.
Recordings
| EMI CD 7 49768 2 |
Reiterlied, Im Volkston, Das schöne Kind (in English) Michael Feinstein, vocal, Armen Guzelimian, piano |
| Arabesque Z6579 |
Im Volkston and Das schöne Kind Steven Kimbrough, baritone, Dalton Baldwin, piano |
| Largo CD 5114 |
Die stille Stadt Rosemary Hardy, soprano, Ensemble Modern, HK Gruber, cond. |
| ASV CD DCA 790 |
Das schöne Kind and Reiterlied Carole Farley, soprano, Roger Vignoles, piano |