Die Geister am Mummelsee
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Timothy Hoekman| Song Title | Die Geister am Mummelsee (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Hugo Wolf |
| Author(s): | Eduard Mörike |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Burning; Catching; Coffins; Dances; Death; Descriptions; Diving; Doors; Dying; Eerie; Fantasy; Fear; Feasts; Fire; Flight; Floating; Funerals; Ghosts; Glowing; Green; Heaven; Help; Howling; Humming; Joyful; Kings; Lakes; Lamentations; Magicians; Midnight; Mists; Mountains; Observing; Ponds; Prayers; Reeds; Rest; Ringing; Seas; Shining; Shores; Singing; Smelling; Songs; Spirits; Spying; Stairs; Torches; Whirring; Women |
| First Line | Vom Berge was kommt dort um Mitternacht spät (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1888 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=11690 |
| Larger Work | Gedichte von Eduard Mörike (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Swabian school (Search) |
| Original Language | German (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/5/58/IMSLP22864-PMLP52321-Wolf_-_M%C3%B6rike_Lieder.pdf#page=162 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/7AXBjZtjeA4tlhRlXy7sv9?si=z7JmKVdcRc2bbABMR5R6Dg |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | No. 47 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Medium/Low voice |
| Range: | A#3 - G#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | C# minor (Search) |
| Contributor | JEM (Search) |