Lyric Symphony

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Lyric Symphony is a large-scale orchestral song cycle by Alexander von Zemlinsky that sets love poems by Rabindranath Tagore for soprano, baritone, and orchestra.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral song cycle ⓘ
symphonic song cycle ⓘ
basedOn Rabindranath Tagore love poems ⓘ
The Gardener ⓘ
catalogueNote one of Zemlinsky’s major orchestral works ⓘ
composer Alexander von Zemlinsky ⓘ
compositionEndYear 1923 ⓘ
compositionStartYear 1922 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Alban Berg ⓘ
genre early modernist music ⓘ
late-Romantic music ⓘ
influenced Lyric Suite ⓘ
influencedComposer Alban Berg ⓘ
keyCharacteristic continuous symphonic structure ⓘ
integration of song cycle and symphony ⓘ
language German ⓘ
movement I: Ich bin friedlos ⓘ
II: Mutter, der junge Prinz ⓘ
III: Du bist die Abendwolke ⓘ
IV: Sprich zu mir, Geliebter ⓘ
V: Befrei mich von den Banden deiner Süße ⓘ
VI: Vollende denn das letzte Lied ⓘ
VII: Friede, mein Herz ⓘ
numberOfMovements 7 ⓘ
orchestrationFeature large orchestra ⓘ
originalTextLanguage Bengali ⓘ
premiereCity Vienna ⓘ
premiereConductor Alexander von Zemlinsky ⓘ
premiereCountry Austria ⓘ
premiereDate 1924-06-04 ⓘ
premierePlace Schauspielhaus, Vienna ⓘ
publisher Universal Edition ⓘ
relatedComposer Gustav Mahler ⓘ
relatedWork Das Lied von der Erde ⓘ
scoring baritone ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
soprano ⓘ
style post-Romantic ⓘ
subjectMatter longing ⓘ
love ⓘ
spiritual union ⓘ
textAuthor Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
textSource German translations of Tagore poems ⓘ
vocalForces solo voices and orchestra ⓘ
vocalType soprano and baritone duet sections ⓘ
yearOfCompletion 1923 ⓘ

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Alexander von Zemlinsky → notableWork → Lyric Symphony ⓘ