Im Abendrot
| Song Title | Im Abendrot (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Richard Strauss |
| Author(s): | Joseph, Freiherr von Eichendorff |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Lover; Air; Anguish; Beauty; Climbing; Connection to Nature; Darkening; Death; Deep; Dreaming; Dying; End; Evening; Fluttering; Fragrance; Hand in hand; Hiking; Joy; Lands; Larks; Life; Lost; Metaphor: Death as Night; Metaphor: Death as Sleep; Metaphor: Life as Journey; Nature; Past; Peace; Peace in Death; Red; Resting; Silent; Sleeping; Sloping; Solitude; Straying; Sunset; Time; Valleys; Vast; Walking; Weariness; Weary |
| First Line | Wir sind durch Not und Freude (Search) |
| Average Duration | 10:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1948 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=101424 |
| Larger Work | Vier letzte Lieder (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism (Search) |
| Original Language | German (Search) |
| Score Source | https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/78423 |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B2LAmUsv1M |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/im-abendrot-4/ |
| Catalog Designation | WoO 150 no. 4 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
| Range: | Db4 - G5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Eb Major (Search) |
| Premiered By | Kirsten Flagstad, May 22, 1950. Premiered at Royal Albert Hall (Search) |
| Notes | This set was the last work that Strauss completed before his death, and three of the four songs (all but "Frühling") deal with death as a subject. (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | Yes (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |