Mariä Heimsuchung

Song TitleMariä Heimsuchung (Search)
Composer(s):Paul Hindemith
Author(s):Rainer Maria Rilke
Keyword(s) & Features: Bodies; Breath; Christianity; Climbing; Contrast: Earthly vs. Heavenly; Contrast: Physical vs. Celestial; Cousins; Easy; Families; Flowers; Full; Fullness; Garments; Greatness; Hair; High; John the Baptist; Joy; Judea; Kinswomen; Leaping; Mary; Protecting; Religion; Sacred; Savior; Swaying; Touching; Virgin Mary; Visitation; Walking; Wombs; Women; Wondrous
First LineNoch erging sie's leicht im Anbeginne, (Search)
Average Duration3:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1922 - 1923 (Search) rev. 1948
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=13541
Larger WorkDas Marienleben (Search)
Musical FormModified ternary (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsModernism (Search)
Original LanguageGerman (Search)
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/58qPpzdXDB4epbr5fAJKlk
Catalog DesignationOp. 27 no. 4 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: C4 - G5 (Search)
Dedicated ToFrau Emma Lübbecke-Job (Search)
Premiered ByBeatrice Lauer-Kottlar (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceB. Schott's Söhne, Mainz (London), 1948 (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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