Stefan schweizers the hanging gardens of babylon archyde. The book of the hanging gardens bbc radio 3 27 july. George was born in 1868 in budesheim now part of bitburgprum in the grand duchy of hesse now part of rhinelandpalatinate. The transformation of schoenbergs style from 1899 to 1909 was rapid and dramatic. The book of the hanging gardens ensemble 2004 arnold schoenberg, stefan george twentieth century classics ensemble fred sherry string quartet robert craft jennifer lane christopher oldfather. If you want to plant something but dont have enough space for that, there are some creative spacesaving gardening solutions like vertical planters or hanging gardens. T he stefan george songs of the book of the hanging gardens and the precocious settings of peter altenbergs pithy texts, which berg composed. Schoenbergs the book of the hanging gardens and ivess the unanswered question.
Arnold schoenbergs book of the hanging gardens transports us to the passionate and aristocratic world of poet stefan george s hanging gardens collection, where. Track one uses my voice readingsinging part of the text as the only sound material. The resurgence of vertical gardens this is the essential guide to vertical gardens. The book of the hanging gardens and other songs for. Georges poems, also under the same title, track the failed love affair of two adolescent youths in a garden, ending with the womans departure and. All 3 works were inspired by arnold schonbergs the book of the hanging gardens and in particular the poems by stefan george that schonberg used as lyrics. Instrumentation voice, piano external links schoenberg center wikipedia article the lied, art. Texts by the symbolist poets stefan george and albert giraud were set to music by. Schoenbergs the book of hanging gardens is an atonal song cycle based on poems by stefan george that obsessively dissect a love affair.
The book of the hanging gardens and other songs for voice. Beneath the shelter of a dense background of leaves where delicate flakes of stars drift down, soft voices proclaim their sorrows, from their brown maws mythical beasts spew beams of water into the marble basins, from which little brooks hurry forth lamentingly. The opening pairing perfectly illustrates the focus of the album. In his book, stefan schweizer made a point of explaining why the hanging gardens could continue to exist as a fantastic place of longing even in the broad field of pop culture and rise to the blueprint of todays hortitecture. Chapter 3 turns its attention to the book of the hanging gardens songs, op.
At the beginning of the process is verklarte nacht, a tone poem for string sextet, which ends in glistening d major p. Hanging gardens of babylon, ancient gardens considered one of the seven wonders of the world and thought to have been located near the royal palace in babylon. The atonal works are distinguished from the composers earlier compositions by their lack of traditional key, among many other innovative features, and stand apart in style and. By the beginning of the 21st century, the site of the hanging gardens had not yet been conclusively established. Expressionist masterworks take manhattan the new yorker. The book of the hanging gardens bbc radio 3 27 july 1990. Books of eclogues and eulogies, of legends and lays, and of the hanging. His father, also stefan george, was an inn keeper and wine merchant and his mother eva nee schmitt was a homemaker. Nevertheless, many theories persisted regarding the structure and location of the gardens. Pianist jacob greenberg, a longtime member of the international contemporary ensemble, explores the intersections between debussy and the second viennese school in his latest album, the sprawling, twodisc hanging gardens, released on july 20 on the new focus recordings label. The book of hanging gardens, which premiered in 1910, was schoenbergs first decisive foray into atonality not serialism, as the program notes erroneously claim. The work was premiered in vienna by the austrian singer martha winternitzdorda and the pianist etta werndorf, on january 14, 1910. Steve roden speak no more about the leaves 2003, cd. This book is as much argument as history, of the authors theory that the hanging garden of babylon was not built by nebuchadnezzar in babylon where it has never been found but by sennacherib in nineveh, where likely remains exist.
Arnold schoenberg pierrot lunairethe book of the hanging gardens used drive. The book of the hanging gardens is a fifteen part song cycle composed by arnold schoenberg between 1908 and 1909, setting poems of stefan george. Her conclusions did not help much with my research about the ancient city of babylon, but did open my eyes to the assyrian king sennecheribs queen, garden, and palace in nineveh. Book of hanging gardens, sung by christian gerhaher.
Into the hanging gardens a pianists exploration of arnold. Arnold schoenberg, with atanley appelbaum translator. As if to sum up the decades premonitory angst, the program concluded with 15 poems from the book of the hanging gardens, schoenbergs. Thus, in the book of the hanging gardens, each one of these selfcontained songs may be heard as its own distilled thought or mood, even a fleeting moment, and exemplifies one of schonbergs hallmark traits as a composer his distinctive sensibility for aphoristic expression. Songs by haydn and beethoven will provide some cushioning for a program featuring two expressionist song cycles long associated with female singers. I bought the book hoping to find out more about the hanging garden of babylon, because i was researching the subject for a book i was writing. Jan 24, 2019 arnold schoenbergs book of the hanging gardens transports us to the passionate and aristocratic world of poet stefan georges hanging gardens collection, where as love fades away so does. Georges poems, also under the same title, track the failed love affair of two adolescent youths in a garden, ending with the womans departure and the.
Georges poems, also under the same title, track the failed love affair of. George s poems, also under the same title, track the failed love affair of two adolescent youths in a garden, ending with the womans departure and the disintegration of the garden. Linda hirst mezzo oliver davies piano contributors. Where they came from, why they are necessary, what type of vertical gardens are there, where they can be used and how you can create your very own vertical garden to improve the environment, protect biodiversity. Jun, 2012 t he stefan george songs of the book of the hanging gardens and the precocious settings of peter altenbergs pithy texts, which berg composed under the influence of schoenbergs first atonal. The complete music recorded under the direction of robert craft. Schoenberg set texts by stefan george in a style he called pantonality, and described his composition as radically new. Candles came to light the shrubbery, white forms to part the water. Steve roden speak no more about the leaves 2003, cd discogs. Nov 12, 2015 schoenbergs the book of hanging gardens is an atonal song cycle based on poems by stefan george that obsessively dissect a love affair in 15 feverish, labile verses. Schoenberg s the book of hanging gardens is an atonal song cycle based on poems by stefan george that obsessively dissect a love affair in 15 feverish, labile verses. The book of the hanging gardens and other songs for voice and piano. Arnold schoenberg, stefan george the book of the hanging. The book of the hanging gardens and other songs for voice and.
The atonal music of arnold schoenberg, 19081923 by bryan. As frank maiersolgk writes, who contributed the last chapter of the book on the transitions to contemporary hortitecture, this is one of the examples in which the idea of a new pastoral urbanity has replaced the old idea of the exclusive wonder of the world as a vision. These include such masterpieces as pierrot lunaire, the opera erwartung, five orchestra pieces, op. Schoenbergs the book of hanging gardens is an atonal song cycle based on poems by stefan george that obsessively dissect a love affair in 15 feverish, labile verses. Following the typical gritty, dark edinburgh that ian rankin gives readers in previous books in the series, this one sees rebus digging himself deeper and deeper into trouble. The book of the hanging gardens and other songs for voice and piano schoenberg, arnold on. The cambridge companion to schoenberg edited by jennifer shaw may 2010. Stefan anton george 18681933 language german average duration avg.
The book of the hanging gardens is a song setting of expressionistic poems by stefan george, and is the classic tale of boy meets girl in a garden, girl symbolizes garden, girl leaves garden and garden disintegrates. Discover whats missing in your discography and shop for lyrichord releases. Under the protection of dense clusters of leaves where delicate. Its fifteen songs settings of poems by stefan george follow the story of an affair between two youths in a garden. Complete summary of stefan george s the poetry of stefan george. Jan 31, 1990 as if to sum up the decades premonitory angst, the program concluded with 15 poems from the book of the hanging gardens, schoenbergs unremittingly gloomy settings of stefan george s texts. As settings of texts by stefan george, these songs illustrate the large framework i call basic image. The book of the hanging gardens the liedernet archive.
Feedback about the book of the hanging gardens, bbc radio 3, 15. Schoenberg, modernism, and metaphysics chapter 8 the. Essays and criticism on stefan george critical essays. This chapbook stems from shapcotts dissatisfaction with a poor english translation of stefan george s work of the same name. George s collection of poetry, the books of eclogues and eulogies, of legends and lays, and the hanging gardens, first appeared in 1895. The hanging garden is a bit of a noholdsbarred police procedural. Als wir hinter dem beblumten tore christian gerhaher arnold schoenberg gerold huber ferne. Just two years earlier, schoenberg discovered his wife gertrudes affair with richard gerstl, an eminent painter and family friend. George was profoundly influenced by the preraphaelites and translated the work of dante gabriel rossetti into german.