Songs
Gondelfahrer
(1824)
D808
Gondelfahrer
Es tanzen Mond und SterneDen flücht’gen Geisterreih’n:Wer wird von ErdensorgenBefangen immer sein!Du kannst in MondesstrahlenNun, meine Barke, wallen;Und aller Schranken los,Wiegt dich des Meeres Schooss.Vom Markusturme tönteDer Spruch der Mitternacht:Sie schlummern friedlich Alle,Und nur der Schiffer wacht.
The gondelier
Moon and stars dancethe fleeting round of the spirits: who would be forever fettered by earthly cares!Now, my boat, you can driftin the moonlight;free from all restraintsyou are rocked on the bosom of the sea.From the tower of St Mark’s midnight’s decree tolled forth: all sleep peacefully.Only the boatman wakes.
Composer
Poet
Johann Baptist Mayrhofer , was an Austrian poet and librettist. He is best known for his close friendship with the composer Franz Schubert.
Mayrhofer was born in Steyr, educated and Novitiate in St. Florian's Priory Upper Austria. In 1810 he began to study Jurisprudence and Theology at the University of Vienna, both of which courses he finished. In 1814 he met the young composer Franz Schubert and his friends (Joseph von Spaun, Franz von Schober).
Mayrhofer wrote a lot of lyric poetry and published it in 1824.
47 Schubert songs and two of his operas are based on Mayrhofer’s lyric poems.
As a young man Mayrhofer had been hopelessly in love with Mina (Wilhelmina Watteroth), the daughter of Heinrich Watteroth, who was one of Mayrhofer's professors and for a short time also his landlord. In his late years Mayrhofer (like Schubert) fell in love with a young 15-year-old girl, the daughter of his landlord Doctor Strauss. Mayrhofer, who had been a hypochondriac all his life, committed suicide by jumping from the window of his office in Vienna.
Taken from Wikipedia. To view the full article, please click here.
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Previously performed at:
- 11 Mar 2018: A Schubertiade
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- 23 Oct 2017: Franz Schubert: Alessandro Fisher & Sholto Kynoch
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- 23 Oct 2017: Mastercourse Day One
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Gondelfahrer
The gondelier
Composer
Poet
Johann Baptist Mayrhofer , was an Austrian poet and librettist. He is best known for his close friendship with the composer Franz Schubert.
Mayrhofer was born in Steyr, educated and Novitiate in St. Florian's Priory Upper Austria. In 1810 he began to study Jurisprudence and Theology at the University of Vienna, both of which courses he finished. In 1814 he met the young composer Franz Schubert and his friends (Joseph von Spaun, Franz von Schober).
Mayrhofer wrote a lot of lyric poetry and published it in 1824.
47 Schubert songs and two of his operas are based on Mayrhofer’s lyric poems.
As a young man Mayrhofer had been hopelessly in love with Mina (Wilhelmina Watteroth), the daughter of Heinrich Watteroth, who was one of Mayrhofer's professors and for a short time also his landlord. In his late years Mayrhofer (like Schubert) fell in love with a young 15-year-old girl, the daughter of his landlord Doctor Strauss. Mayrhofer, who had been a hypochondriac all his life, committed suicide by jumping from the window of his office in Vienna.
Taken from Wikipedia. To view the full article, please click here.
See Full Entry
Sorry, no further description available.
Previously performed at:
- 11 Mar 2018: A Schubertiade
- 23 Oct 2017: Franz Schubert: Alessandro Fisher & Sholto Kynoch
- 23 Oct 2017: Mastercourse Day One
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