Abendlied Moment Musical

Schumann, Robert Schubert, Franz arr: Hildreth, R. E.

Abendlied by: Robert Schumann

Moment Musical by: Franz Schubert arr: R. E. Hildreth

Original Copyright: 1917

By: Walter Jacobs

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Schu

bert

, Fra

nz

D

OB

: Ja

nuar

y 31

, 179

7 (V

ienn

a, A

ustri

a)

D

OD

: N

ovem

ber 1

9, 1

828

(Vie

nna,

Aus

tria)

Fran

z S

chub

ert w

as a

n A

ustri

an c

ompo

ser m

ost n

otab

ly w

ho w

rote

som

e 60

0 lie

der,

nine

sym

phon

ies,

litu

rgic

al m

usic

, and

cha

mbe

r mus

ic. I

t is

inte

rest

ing

to n

ote

that

Sch

uber

t’s te

ache

r was

Ant

onio

Sal

ieri.

The

you

ng

Sch

uber

t beg

an h

is e

arly

mus

ical

trai

ning

with

his

fath

er F

ranz

The

odor

Fl

oria

n at

age

five

.

Sch

uber

t was

stro

ngly

influ

ence

d by

the

Cla

ssic

al s

tyle

of M

ozar

t and

B

eeth

oven

. Ye

t, he

sho

uld

be v

iew

ed a

s a

brid

ge fr

om th

e ea

rlier

C

lass

ical

sty

le to

the

emer

ging

Rom

antic

sty

le to

com

e.

He

battl

ed s

yphi

lis fr

om 1

822

until

his

dea

th.

The

final

illn

ess

may

hav

e be

en ty

phoi

d fe

ver o

r m

ercu

ry p

oiso

ning

(whi

ch w

as a

com

mon

trea

tmen

t for

syp

hilis

). H

is s

olac

e in

his

fina

l illn

ess

was

re

adin

g an

d he

bec

ame

a pa

ssio

nate

fan

of J

ames

Fen

imor

e C

oope

r. H

e di

ed a

t age

31.

1

Mom

ent M

usic

al w

as p

ublis

hed

in 1

917

by W

atso

n, B

erlin

and

Sny

der C

ompa

ny (S

trand

The

atre

B

uild

ing,

NY)

. The

ban

d m

usic

was

tran

scrib

ed fr

om S

chub

ert’s

min

iatu

re m

aste

rpie

ces

for p

iano

. Th

is is

the

third

in a

set

of S

chub

ert’s

pia

no w

orks

col

lect

ivel

y tit

led

Mom

ents

Mus

ical

. It

sha

res

spac

e on

the

page

with

Sch

uman

n’s

“Abe

ndlie

d.”

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Rob

ert S

chum

an

D

OB

: Jun

e 8,

181

0 (Z

wic

kau)

D

OD

: Jul

y 29

, 185

6 (E

nden

ich)

A

t an

early

age

, Rob

ert S

chum

ann

show

ed m

uch

tale

nt a

s a

pian

ist a

nd

budd

ing

com

pose

r. A

s a

youn

g m

an, S

chum

ann’

s fa

ther

sen

t him

to L

eipz

ig to

stu

dy la

w, b

ut

Rob

ert’s

inte

rest

s w

ere

shar

ply

focu

sed

on li

tera

ry a

nd m

usic

al a

ctiv

ities

. A

lso,

he

was

a v

ery

soci

al p

erso

n, b

eing

esp

ecia

lly fo

nd o

f girl

s. S

o th

e st

udy

of la

w s

oon

wen

t by

the

way

side

.

At a

ge 2

4, R

ober

t fou

nded

a m

usic

jour

nal a

nd fo

r mor

e th

an 1

0 ye

ars

wro

te b

rillia

ntly

on

the

mus

ical

sc

ene,

influ

enci

ng g

reat

ly m

usic

al th

inki

ng in

the

rom

antic

era

. E

arly

com

posi

tions

wer

e m

ostly

for t

he p

iano

and

late

r his

inte

rest

s ex

pand

ed to

incl

ude

mor

e th

an

150

song

s, p

lus

a su

bsta

ntia

l bod

y of

cha

mbe

r mus

ic a

nd o

rche

stra

l wor

ks. 2

Abe

ndlie

d, (E

veni

ng S

ong)

has

bee

n ar

rang

ed fo

r ban

d by

Ric

hard

Hild

reth

and

is a

set

ting

of o

ne o

f R

ober

t Sch

uman

n’s

mos

t bea

utifu

l son

gs, O

p. 1

07, N

o. 6

. M

elod

ies

and

harm

onie

s em

body

the

best

of

the

Rom

antic

Era

in w

hich

Sch

uman

n pl

ayed

a m

ajor

role

. Th

is ly

ric s

ettin

g br

ings

woo

dwin

ds to

th

e fo

regr

ound

whi

le b

rass

es a

re c

ast i

n a

supp

ortin

g ro

le.

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Hild

reth

, Ric

hard

E.

D

OB

: A

ugus

t 6, 1

867

(Mid

dles

boro

,Yor

kshi

re, E

ngla

nd)

D

OD

: M

ay 2

9, 1

941

(Cam

brid

ge, M

A)

At t

he a

ge o

f 12,

he

imm

igra

ted

to th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s w

ith h

is p

aren

ts,

who

set

tled

in th

e B

osto

n ar

ea.

He

beca

me

prof

icie

nt o

n se

vera

l in

stru

men

ts, a

nd, s

tarti

ng a

t the

age

of 1

8, h

e co

nduc

ted

num

erou

s to

wn

band

con

certs

in th

e B

osto

n ar

ea.

Hild

reth

eve

ntua

lly s

ettle

d in

Wes

t Som

mer

ville

(MA

), an

d ob

tain

ed

empl

oym

ent w

ith th

e W

alte

r Jac

obs

Pub

lishi

ng C

ompa

ny in

nea

rby

Bos

ton.

Thi

s w

as th

e be

ginn

ing

of a

40-

year

per

iod

durin

g w

hich

he

serv

ed a

s th

e he

ad o

f Jac

obs’

m

usic

dep

artm

ent.

His

com

posi

tions

and

arr

ange

men

ts b

roug

ht h

im c

onsi

dera

ble

fam

e. H

e w

as

espe

cial

ly p

opul

ar a

s a

com

pose

r of m

usic

for s

choo

l ban

ds. 3

Pro

gram

not

e re

sear

ched

by

Mar

cus

L. N

eim

an, M

edin

a, O

hio

A

dditi

onal

info

rmat

ion

on e

ither

the

com

pose

r or c

ompo

sitio

n w

ould

be

wel

com

ed.

Ple

ase

send

in

form

atio

n to

m

arcu

snei

man

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