Kalabis, Viktor - Five Romantic Songs about Love on Texts by R. M. Rilke op. 38

(1923-2006)

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

The cycle Five Romantic Songs about Love op.38 by one of the leading representatives of Czech music of the 2nd half of the 20th century, Viktor Kalabis, was written in 1974. The cycle was written on texts by Reiner Maria Rilke. Through selection and ordering of the poems, the composer conceived of his song cycle as an intellectual and emotional whole, in which the profound text is intensified by the musical language. This publication includes the original version with the piano accompaniment. Orchestral parts for the version for higher voice and strings are available on hire.

5 Romantic Songs Voice & Pno

Additional Details

• Composer -
  Kalabis V.
• Publisher -
  Editio Barenreiter Praha
• Format -
  Performance Material
• Instrumentation -
  high vo, str
• Edition No -
  H7841