Foerster J.B. - Erotikon Op. 23

(1859-1951)

Main scoring: vocal music
Scoring / Genre: voice and piano
Scoring detailed:
for woman voice and piano
Publication lang.: cz./ger.

The song cycle Erotikon op. 23, which sets the texts of August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Wilhelm Osterwald and Karel Stieler to music, was composed by Foerster between 1895 and 1896 in Hamburg. Otto June printed the cycle shortly after it was written together with other song cycles: Josef Theurer made a versified Czech version of the poems for the later Czech edition published by Mojmir Urbanek in Prague. This edition is faithfully based on the second, i.e. Urbaneks edition. The cycle consists of four lyrical pieces praising the purity, trust, sincerity and beauty of love. These are firmly fixed miniature tunes of pure craftsmanship and content, which strictly adhere to the expression of one momentary feeling.

Erotikon 4 Songs op 23

Additional Details

• Composer -
  Foerster J.B.
• Publisher -
  Editio Barenreiter Praha
• Instrumentation -
  female vo, pf
• Edition No -
  H7849