Franz Schubert composed a number of works known as Ständchen, meaning
serenade
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Lieder
Lied
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er named "Ständchen" or "Abendständchen" (evening serenade):
*"Abendständchen an Lina" ("Sei sanft wie ihre Seele"),
D 265, for voice and piano, words by
Gabriele von Baumberg
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"Ständchen", D 889 ("Horch, horch! die Lerch im Ätherblau" / "Hark, hark, the lark"), after Shakespeare's ''
Cymbeline''.
*"Ständchen" ("Leise flehen meine Lieder"), No. 4 of ''
Schwanengesang'' (''Swan Song''), D 957.
Part songs
Part songs known as "Ständchen" or "Nächtliches Ständchen" (serenade at night):
*"Leise, leise laßt uns singen, schlummre sanft", D 635, also known as "Ruhe", or "Nächtliches Ständchen".
This work is for TTBB, having the title "Quartetto" in the composer's autograph (manuscript MH 1864/c in
Vienna City Library
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). This autograph contains the text of a single stanza, of which the text author is unknown.
suggests Schubert may have been the text author. Variant versions of the text, in multiple stanzas, originated posthumously.
In 1900 the music was published as "Ständchen", with lyrics by Robert Graf.
Addendum, p. 4 in ''Die Musik'', sixth year (1906–1907), Vol. XXII, issue 7
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"Ständchen" ("Zögernd leise, in des Dunkels nächt'ger Hülle"), D 920/921, for alto solo,
TTBB or
SSAA chorus and piano, words by
Franz Grillparzer
See also
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Ständchen (disambiguation)
is the German word for a serenade, in the form of a song addressed to a beloved. Songs with that title include:
* " Ständchen" WAB 84, a song by Anton Bruckner
* "Vergebliches Ständchen" ("Futile Serenade"), Op.84 No.4, a song by Johannes Brah ...
References
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Further reading
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External links
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Ständchen, D. 635at free-scores.com
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