Wiegenlied der Els (Klein war ich noch)
| Song Title | Wiegenlied der Els (Klein war ich noch) (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Franz Schreker |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | Jewish (Search) |
| Author(s): | Franz Schreker |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Jewish (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Beds; Bleeding; Blowing; Childhood; Children; Cold; Composer is Poet; Contrast: Past vs. Present; Cooling; Counts; Different; Dreaming; Dying; Evil; Exile; Fathers; Feverish; Foreheads; Foreign; Hands; Hearths; Hearts; Home; Hot; Living; Long; Lullaby; Lying; Memory; Mothers; Multiple Speakers; Never; Pain; Parents; Past; Poor; Powerful; Quiet; Remembering; Seas; Seeing; Sick; Singing; Sleep; Sleeping; Small; Soft; Soil; Songs; Sorrow; Sweet; Traveling; Voices; Wind; Yearning |
| First Line | Klein war ich noch, und krank, immer zu (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1915 - 1918 (Search) |
| Larger Work | Der Schatzgräber (Search) |
| Original Language | German (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLj7XP785GI |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
| Original Key | Ab Major (Search) |
| Premiered By | Emma Hol (Search) |
| Notes | Sung by Els, Act III, sc i (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | Yes (Search) |
| Sources Cited | http://www.philipp-harnoncourt.com/Libretto%20SCHATZGR%C3%84BER.pdf#page=26 (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |