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Buch Der Harnangenh Analysis

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Now, I want to present you in contrast the first Lied from Schönberg’s “Buch der hängenden Gärten”.
It is disputed if the 15 poems Schönberg set continue the storyline of the previous poems from George’s cycle or if they are meant as an interlude projecting the speaker’s memories or dreams, or someone else’s experience. The first poem is the description of the garden. The speaker, perhaps a young prince or king, enters the garden first in the second poem, so the first poem just sets the mood.
For Schönberg, the composition of op. 15 marked a significant stylistic change. In the programme to the first private performance in Vienna in January 1910, he wrote “With the George Lieder I have for the first time succeeded in approaching an ideal of expression and form which has been in my mind for years. Until now, I lacked the strength and confidence to make it a reality. But now that I have set out along this path once and for all, I am conscious of having broken through every restriction of a bygone aesthetic.”
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Play op. 15/1 (2’10’’)
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