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Eichendorff

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Eichendorff (German) [ˈaiçəndɔrf]
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(Biographies / Eichendorff, Joseph, Freiherr von (1788-1857) M, German, WRITING: poet, WRITING: novelist) Joseph (ˈjoːzɛf), Freiherr von. 1788-1857, German poet and novelist, regarded as one of the greatest German romantic lyricists


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At age 83 Strauss turned to the end-of-life poetry of Hermann Hesse and Joseph von Eichendorff.
The piece was created from four poems, At Sunset by Joseph von Eichendorff and Spring, September and Going to Sleep by Hermann Hesse, composed for a soprano and orchestra.
Structured round Frauenliebe und -leben and the Eichendorff Liederkreis, this is a recital that defines Schumann primarily as melancholic, while the intimate restraint of Connolly's singing frequently suggests the sad analysis of emotion from a retrospective or nostalgic viewpoint.
 
 
 
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