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"Ständchen", D 920/921 (also known as "Notturno") is a part song for
Ständchen, D 920
for TTBB, and D 921 for SSAA a
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{{Schubert lieder Standchen, D 920 Adaptations of works by Franz Grillparzer
"Ständchen", D 920/921 (also known as "Notturno") is a part song for alto
The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: ''altus''), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. In 4-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in choruses by ...
solo, chorus & piano, by Franz Schubert. He composed it in Vienna in July 1827, setting words by Franz Grillparzer ("Zögernd leise, in des Dunkels nächt'ger Hülle").
Schubert wrote two versions, for male and female chorus, originally catalogued as:
* D 920, for alto solo, TTBB chorus & piano
* D 921, for alto solo, SSAA chorus & piano, Op. 135(p)
The latest update of Deutsch's catalogue places both versions under D 920, and D 921 is no longer used.
History
The poem which Schubert set was specially commissioned from Franz Grillparzer by Anna Fröhlich, a singing teacher in Vienna, to celebrate the birthday (orname-day
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) of her pupil Louise Gosmar. Fröhlich showed Grillparzer's poem to Schubert and asked him to set it to music, who obliged within a few days with the version for mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...
and men's voices (D. 920 in Otto Deutsch's chronological catalogue).
However, Fröhlich was unhappy because she wanted a setting for Gosmar to sing with her ''female'' friends. So Schubert swiftly produced a re-scored version with SSAA chorus, D. 921. The composer failed to turn up at the public performance and had to be fetched from a nearby beer-house.
Schubert only set two other poems by Grillparzer: "Bertas Lied in der Nacht", D 653, and " Mirjams Siegesgesang", D 942.
Manuscripts and publication
The version with women's choir was published in 1839 or 1840 by Anton Diabelli, as "Ständchen", Op. osth.135. The title may be Diabelli's own: the extant autograph of D 920 (men's choir version, July 1827) is headed 'Chor mit Alt=Solo / Gedicht von Grillparzer'.See also
*List of compositions by Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert (31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828), a Viennese composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical to early Romantic music, Romantic eras, left a very extended body of work notwithstanding his short life. He wrote over 15 ...
* Schubert opus/Deutsch number concordance
References
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Ständchen, D 920
for TTBB, and D 921 for SSAA a
IMSLP
{{Schubert lieder Standchen, D 920 Adaptations of works by Franz Grillparzer