Authentic page mp3s - Gellert songs Op.48

[Peter]

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'Man know thyself'

[Andrea]

Danke Rod for this lovely piece. If I didn't already know that this was from Beethoven I would have thought I was listening to a touching song from Schubert.

The Six Songs, Op. 48, on poems by Christian F. Gellert are dedicated to Count Browne, and were very likely occasioned, believes Kinsky-Halm, by the death of Countess Browne on May 13th.

[Rod]

Originally posted by Andrea:
Danke Rod for this lovely piece. If I didn't already know that this was from Beethoven I would have thought I was listening to a touching song from Schubert.

The Six Songs, Op. 48, on poems by Christian F. Gellert are dedicated to Count Browne, and were very likely occasioned, believes Kinsky-Halm, by the death of Countess Browne on May 13th.

These six songs make a really excellent 'cycle'. Though they are not described as such it seems to me Beethoven must have considered a performance in this manner when arranging the order of the pieces. Busslied is the most self-contained of the set, really two songs in one, and offers a rousing conclusion to the cycle.



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"If I were but of noble birth..." - Rod Corkin