Cäcilie (Cecily)
| Song Title | Cäcilie (Search) |
| Title in English | Cecily (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Richard Strauss |
| Author(s): | Heinrich Hart |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Jewish (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Beloved; Blessed; Breath; Burning; Caressing; Comforting; Creating; Dreaming; Experience; Eyes; God; Hearts; Heights; Inclining; Kisses; Knowing; Knowledge; Light; Living; Lonely; Longing; Love; Night; Potential Love; Power of Love; Resting; Soaring; Soft; Souls; Storms; Struggles; Surrounded; Talking; Transcendence; Transcendent Love; Unrequited Love; Voices; Walking; Weary; World; Worrying |
| First Line | Wenn Du es wüßtest, (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1894 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/song/1848 |
| Larger Work | Vier Lieder (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Naturalism (Search) |
| Original Language | German (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a8/IMSLP135548-PMLP61437-Richard_Strauss_-_4_Lieder,_op._27.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyr45OHX1rY |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/cacilie-2/ |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 27 no. 2 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | E4 - B5 (Search) |
| Original Key | E Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Pauline de Ahna (Search) |
| Notes | The poem was written for the poet's wife Cäcilie, but the composer dedicated this setting of the text to his wife. (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Universal-Edition, 1911 - Songs (Medium voice) with piano (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | No (Search) |
| Sources Cited | https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/song/1848 http://ks4.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a8/IMSLP135548-PMLP61437-Richard_Strauss_-_4_Lieder,_op._27.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A4cilie_(Strauss) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_and_Julius_Ha (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM , Thomas Linevitch (Search) |
| Contributor Affiliation | University of Connecticut (Search) |