Ouvertüre zum "Fliegenden Holländer", wie sie eine schlechte Kurkapelle morgens um 7 am Brunnen vom Blatt spielt
Ouvertüre zum „Fliegenden Holländer“, wie sie eine schlechte Kurkapelle morgens um 7 am Brunnen vom Blatt spielt (Overture to the Flying Dutchman as Sight-read by a Bad Spa Orchestra at 7 in the Morning by the Well) is a
The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner.[1][2] The piece dates to c. 1925 and in performance lasts approximately eight minutes.[2]
Background
In his youth, Hindemith supplemented the family income by performing at dances, inns, and in
Emmental March (Gouda-Emmental Marsch; 1920; lost); The atonal cabaret (Das atonale cabaret; 1921; lost); Song in the style of Richard Strauss (Lied 'im Stile Richard Strauss'; c. 1925), with text from the journal "Bees and how to keep them"; and The Expiring Frog (Recitative e aria ranatica; 1944), inspired by Encyclopædia Britannica and Charles Dickens.[1][4] In 1920 he wrote to Schott, his publisher, "Can you make use of foxtrot, Boston, rags and other kitsch? When I can think of no decent music, I write such things."[5][note 1] His failure to arrange publication explains the loss of many of these works.[5]
Music
As might be expected from the title, the composition sees Wagner's overture mangled.twentieth-century music, this is "the most explicitly amusing".[10]
Recordings
Recordings include those by the Buchberger Quartett (WER 6197-2); Kocian Quartet (PR 250 093 94); Leipziger Streichquartett (MDG 307 1362-2); and the Solistes de l'Opéra National de Paris (UT3-005). The
ISMN
: 979-0-001-08328-7).
See also
- List of compositions by Paul Hindemith
- Entartete Musik
- Humour
Notes
- ^ Können Sie auch Foxtrotts, Bostons, Rags und anderen Kitsch gebrauchen? Wenn mir keine anständige Musik mehr einfällt, schreibe ich immer solche Sachen.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-517067-2.
- ^ a b "IX: Parodiestücke". Hindemith Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ "The Unknown Hindemith". Hindemith Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ "Uncanny Invitation". Schott Music. Retrieved 23 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ ISBN 978-3-499-50299-6.
- ISBN 9780007380862.
- ^ "Werk der Woche – Paul Hindemith: Ouvertüre zum "Fliegenden Holländer"". Schott Music. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ISBN 978-3-412-20245-3.
- ^ Schubert, Giselher (1991). Partitur. Schott Music.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-580-46324-9.
External links
- Hindemith Foundation Archived 2012-06-29 at the Wayback Machine