Composer

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Felix Mendelssohn

Genre

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Vocal

Style

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Vocal Music

Compose Date

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May 5, 1832

Publication Date

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1839

Average_duration

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1:53

"Der Blumenstrauss" (The Bouquet of Flowers), Op. 47/5, is a lieder composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1839. The piece was premiered in Leipzig on January 1, 1840, with the composer himself at the piano and the tenor Julius Stockhausen as the vocalist. The song is part of a collection of six lieder, Op. 47, which Mendelssohn composed in 1839. The collection is known as "Sechs Lieder im Freien zu singen" (Six Songs to be Sung in the Open Air) and was inspired by the composer's love for nature and the outdoors. "Der Blumenstrauss" is the fifth song in the collection and is set to a poem by Heinrich Heine. The piece is in A major and has a moderate tempo. It is composed in a strophic form, with the same music repeated for each stanza of the poem. The piano accompaniment is light and delicate, with arpeggios and runs that evoke the image of a gentle breeze blowing through a field of flowers. The vocal line is lyrical and expressive, with a range of dynamics and emotions that reflect the changing moods of the poem. The text of the poem describes a bouquet of flowers that the speaker has picked for his beloved. Each flower in the bouquet represents a different emotion or sentiment, from love and passion to jealousy and despair. Mendelssohn's setting of the poem captures the beauty and fragility of the flowers, as well as the depth and complexity of the emotions they represent. The piece is a testament to Mendelssohn's skill as a composer of lieder, and his ability to create music that is both musically and emotionally rich.

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